"No, sah, Ah's used to dem things!" guffawed Bucephalus.
"Don't you know that his name means 'ox-headed,' Ben?" cried Percival with a laugh. "Why, he could split a two-inch plank with that head of his. Let him do it, but first wait till I get out of the way."
It was not necessary for Bucephalus to butt the door down, however, as one of the men with Rollins had been captured, and was forced to open the door with his key.
It was the same man who had brought them food and wine, and at the sight of the boys, for lights had been brought, he exclaimed:
"Guess you boys didn't drink anything?"
"No, we did not," said Percival. "Won't you have it your self?"
"Huh! I think not. But where's the little fellow? The one that was asleep when I come in."
"Here I am!" piped up Jesse W. himself, "and you'll find that I am pretty wide awake."
The boys picked up their coats, and put them on, and the man muttered, his eyes opening wider every moment:
"Huh! that was a neat trick! Then the boy was not there at all?"