“We can talk more at our leisure up-stairs.”
There was a piece of rope lying on the floor.
Ajeeb picked it up and bound his prisoner’s wrists together. Then he followed his friend from the cellar, leaving Stolburst alone with the dead.
“Ajeeb,” said Billy, “your luck has begun to turn.”
“What do you mean?”
“The next man you will have to deal with is Burt Cromwell.”
“Pursuit of me,” said the Abyssinian savagely, “will mean death for him!”
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE BIRD FLOWN.
When Burt visited his office the morning after the occurrence at Ajeeb’s, he found Enoch Cook awaiting his coming. Burt had spent nearly the whole of the night previous in looking for Mike Quick without succeeding in finding him.
“Well,” he said, “you look rather excited, Enoch.”