“So, so! Well, it was unlucky for you, for I’m going to take pay out of your hide.”
“What do you mean?” asked Andy, appearing disturbed.
“I am going to give you the worst thrashing you ever received.”
“Pray don’t!” entreated Andy. “Don’t you see I have a lady here? Let me carry her home first.”
“Do you think I am a fool? Get down, I say!”
“Then help the lady down first. She won’t dare to stay in the carriage alone.”
Mike Hogan had taken very little notice of the lady. At this request, he turned to her.
“Get down, ma’am, if you want to,” he said. “I’ve got a score to settle with this young whelp.”
Perkins took his hand lightly, and leaped to the ground.
The next moment he felt an iron grip at his collar, while the supposed lady held a revolver to his head.