"'Tes Jack! Jasper, you mus'n be seed. Git out in the gar'n."
"He caan't," laughed Eli. "The spence, Jasper. Run to the spence."
I entered a door which opened into a small compartment, in the which Betsey's firewood, a box of tools, and many household utensils were hidden.
I had scarcely closed the door when I heard the voices of Cap'n Jack Truscott and others of his gang.
I kept very quiet, for I knew that if I were discovered my life would not be worth an hour's purchase. I was very anxious, too, for I was not quite sure of Betsey's feelings toward me. All the same I listened very intently.