"I want to know what you are doing?" demanded our hero, undaunted.
"None of your business. Do as I tell you!" answered Denton, in a menacing tone.
"It is my business," said Oliver firmly. "You have no business here, Mr. Denton. Go back into your own room."
Denton started, and was visibly annoyed to find that he was recognized after all.
"Denton is not my name," he said. "You mistake me for somebody else."
"Denton is the name by which we know you," said Oliver. "Whether it is your real name or not I don't know or care. I know you have no business here, and you must leave instantly."
Denton laughed, a low, mocking laugh.
"You crow well, my young bantam," he said; "but you're a fool, or you would knowthat I am not a man to be trifled with. Cover up your head, and in five minutes you may uncover it again, and I will do you no harm."
"No, but you'll rob Mr. Bundy, and I don't intend you shall do it."
"You don't!" exclaimed the ruffian, in a tone of suppressed passion. "Come, I must teach you a lesson!"