“I haven’t even that. I did the same as you, and left all my funds in the house.”
“You see what Mike is up to; it’s a trick of his to get rid of this fellow.”
Addressing the latter, Alvin added:
“That’s what I call a low down piece of business; why didn’t he ask us when we were at the house?”
“I reckon he didn’t think of it; hurry up, please; I don’t want to keep him waiting.”
“Well, you can’t help it, for we haven’t a dollar between us. Hurry back to him and say for us that we shall settle with him to-night when you and he come back.”
“Honest now, is that the best you can do?”
“It certainly is; if you don’t hurry Mike will grow tired of waiting for you.”
Alarmed at the probability, Butler dashed away like a deer, while Alvin and Chester hurried in the other direction with a view of being out of reach should the young man return.
But Hoke did not come back. He had set his heart on rejoining his chosen friend and bent his energies to that end.