“Yes,” replied the lad.
“Good; then I shall get it for you at once.”
She left them, and, returning a few moments later, placed the weapon in Jimmy’s hands.
“You will sleep in the stable to-night?” she asked.
“Yes,” replied Jimmy. “Jones has not returned to Louisville, and I believe he might come back here in the middle of the night.”
“So do I,” agreed Shirley.
A clock in the house struck eight.
“I’ll go to my room and get a few things, and then return to the stable,” said Jimmy.
Coming downstairs, he bade the girls good-night and went away to his unusual quarters.
He went straight to Gabriel’s stall.