He strode after her.
"Wait a moment longer!" he exclaimed.
"No. I have no more to say," she replied, sharply. "Don't attempt to follow me. If you do, it will be as much as your life is worth."
"Humbug!" he replied.
"So you doubt me, eh? Well, look behind you."
He glanced over his shoulder and caught view of the shadowy figures of several men lurking about the trees lining the street.
Old King Brady was astonished.
She evidently had a body-guard of watchful men.
"Who are those people?" he demanded.
"My friends," she replied, quietly. "If they saw you attack or follow me, they would put a sudden end to your career at long range."