“Listen, lad. I want that thousand dollars and I’m going to make a try for it. Come along with me.”
“Where are you going?”
“To the bank. I’m going to have a talk with the officers and then I’ll decide what to do.”
CHAPTER VIII
LUKE JOINS THE FRIENDS
At the Emmonsville bank they were on their guard. The expectation of a visit from the Fox brothers caused anxiety and apprehension. The evil reputation of these men and their desperate character made them formidable.
When Luke Robbins entered the place he was regarded with suspicion. His hunting costume was not unlike that of a bandit. But the fact that he had a young companion tended to disarm suspicion. No one could suspect Ernest of complicity with outlaws, and the Fox brothers had never been known to carry a boy with them.
Luke was unused to banks. So far as he knew he had never entered one before. He looked around him in uncertainty, and finally approached the window of the receiving teller.