"You do not dare!" howled the Red Rover. "You would not have the nerve to destroy such a fortune!"
"No?"
"No! I defy you!"
"All right, come on and see. It will take you several minutes to get here, and by that time I can have destroyed it."
"But, what of you? By heavens, I would put pitch on you and burn you at the stake, Deadwood Dick! You do not know the tiger of my nature yet, or you would not rouse it."
"I am seeking rather to tame it," said Dick.
"And I swear that I will do just as I say, if you destroy that money before I can get hold of it."
"I would prefer a leap off this peak to the depths below, rather than that," said Dick, "and I could carry with me what of the money I might not have time to burn."
"You would not do that."
"There is one way for you to prove it, come and see."