“We should try to foil their plans,” he answered.
“Wouldn’t you like to have me on hand when they come?”
The president looked over Luke Robbins carefully. He was impressed by his bold, resolute air and muscular figure. Evidently he would be a dangerous man to meet.
“You are a strong, resolute fellow, I judge,” he said thoughtfully.
“Try me and see.”
“You would not be afraid to meet these villains single-handed?”
“I never saw the man yet I was afraid to meet.”
“So far, so good, but it is not so much strength that is needed as quickness. A weak man is more than a match for a strong one if he gets the drop on him.”
“That’s so, but I reckon it’ll take a right smart man to get the drop on me.”
“What have you to propose? I suppose you have formed some plan.”