"Then he was uninjured?"
"Only half starbed."
"When you carried him into the hut, he fought with you?"
"Fearful! Yo' see, he had worked his hands free from de bonds. Done gib me a strong tussle when I was a-gwine ter take him into—into——"
"What?"
"His prison, sah."
"If you don't tell where it is, we shall shoot you, sir!"
As Old King Brady made this threat he pushed his revolver against Nick's forehead, and the coon gave a wild yell of terror.
"Fo' hebbin's sake," he groaned, "doan fire!"
"I'll solve the mystery of this swamp, or I'll murder you!" fiercely cried the old detective. "Do you hear me, sir?"