"You can't make me go back to the United States."
"Perhaps I can."
"My folks have settled up that Pud Frodel affair for me—did it only a few days ago."
"But they didn't settle up with Mrs. Clever. She was swindled out of some board money."
"I—er—I was going to send her that money to-day."
"Then you had better pay me, for I settled the account," answered Dave. "But let us drop this talk for the present, Jasniff. I want you to tell me all you know about my father and my sister."
"Humph! I haven't got to tell you anything if I don't want to."
"Yes, you have got to!" cried Dave. A dangerous gleam came into his eyes. "Out with it at once. Where is my father?"
"See here, Porter, I don't propose to be bullied. I——"
"You answer my question, Nick Jasniff. If you don't I'll call in an officer at once and have you placed under arrest."