"I seen 'em both and heard 'em talking," was the prompt response of the individual appealed to.
"Are your eyes better than the others'?" asked Fred.
"They don't have to be," replied Cadmus, speaking for him. "While we stayed in front of the house, Spark stole round to the rear, where none of your family seen him. He got to the corner and had a good look at both of you."
"Does he know Sterry?" inquired Fred, purposely raising his voice, that his friend, standing a few feet away within the house, should not miss a word.
"He don't know him, but I do, and the description Spark gives fits the man we're after to a T. We want him."
"But the notice you gave Sterry allowed him twenty-four hours' grace. Why do you ask for him now?"
"Them was my sentiments, but when I joined the party under Inman, a little while ago, he told me the boys had reconsidered that matter, and decided that after what Sterry has done, and tried to do, I hadn't any right to make the promise."
"That may be their decision, but it cannot affect yours; you are bound by the pledge you made in writing to him."
Larch Cadmus, like his companions, was growing impatient. He said:
"I haven't come here to argue the matter with you; I've come after my man, and am going to have him."