"I don't want to go back, Jack. I've come to stay here."
"You can't do that, Tera."
"I will stay here," said Tera, doggedly. "Let us marry and go away."
Jack scratched his head. He did not exactly know how to deal with this unreasonable native. He closed the box and turned towards the door. At that moment it opened. To Tera's profound surprise she beheld Pharaoh Lee.
[CHAPTER XXII]
THE TRUTH
It was Pharaoh Lee--the very man in search of whom the police were scouring the country. So astonished was Tera at his unexpected appearance, that she could only stare at him in silence. His face, sullen and lowering, lighted up with a fierce joy when he recognized her.
"You come from the farm," he said, stepping up close to her. "Is that Gentile beast yet dead?"
"No," stammered the girl, finding her tongue; "he is not going to die."
"Duvel!" swore Lee, savagely; "why did I not strike harder? Job! for another chance! You will not betray me?"