"Umph! Furniture old, too?"
"Yes, I cal'late most of it is."
"Nobody living in it?"
"No-o."
"Got the key to it?"
Here was the question direct. If he answered in the affirmative the next utterance of the Powless man would be a command to be shown the interior of the house. Jed was certain of it, he could see it in the man's eye. What was infinitely more important, he could see it in the lady's eye. He hesitated.
"Got the key to it?" repeated Mr. Powless.
Jed swallowed.
"No-o," he faltered, "I—I guess not."
"You GUESS not. Don't you know whether you've got it or not?"