"An' didn't Billy say nuthin'?"
"No, he was too weak. He tried to speak after the parson had carried him out, but no one could understand him."
Tony did not speak for a while, but remained lost in thought.
"Steve," he at length remarked. "I'd like to go to that old place. Will ye go with me?"
"What! to-night?"
"Yes, right away."
"It will be dark there now, Tony. Why not wait until morning?"
"No, no. I must go to-night. We kin git a lantern, an' I want a shovel, too. Will ye come?"
"Yes, if you want me," was Stephen's reluctant reply. "But you might as well save yourself the trouble. The place has been so thoroughly searched by daylight that I don't see we can do much at night. Anyway, I shall go with you."
Together they moved on their way up the road, Stephen carrying his peevy upon his shoulder. As they came to the store he stopped.