“You speak falsely!”
“I swear it.”
“Your oath is worthless. Come, tell us the truth. Where is he?”
“Really,” protested Billings, “I don’t know the man you are speaking of. But perhaps you are after a fellow who rushed through here a little while ago and went out through that rear door.”
“And you detained me here on purpose to aid his escape,” declared Harry. “Don’t you deny it. You shall pay for this.”
“That is not so!”
“Don’t lie about it. I shall see you later!” cried the young detective as with his companions he rushed through the door at the far end of the saloon.
They emerged into a small paved court.
CHAPTER XV.
WHICH ENDS THE CASE.
But the birds had flown.