"Has yo' been a-follerin' me?"
"Never mind. We have found you and you are our prisoner," put in Shep.
"Huh! Does yo' t'ink I'se afraid ob foah boys!"
"Well, do you want to be shot?" asked Snap, holding the pistol on a level with the colored man's head.
"Stop!" screamed the rascal. "Don't do dat! It might go off!"
"Then you keep quiet."
"What have you done with Simon Lundy's gold watch?" asked Giant.
"Don't know nuffin' about any gold watch."
"Yes, you do. You took it—-there is no use of your denying it," came from Shep.
"Is dat man around?" asked the colored rascal, suspiciously.