"I suppose I am to have a commission?"
"Yes; you can retain fifty dollars."
"That is small, captain," said Kirby, in a tone of discontent.
"It may be, but I have other work for you to do which will increase your remunerations."
"What sort of work?"
"I have already told you of a boy in the village who suspects me of being implicated in the robbery."
"Yes."
"I mean you to take him with you."
"What, and to abduct him? That will be difficult and dangerous."
"No, you are to offer him lucrative employment, and he will go with you willingly. Then you are to get him into trouble, involve him in a crime perhaps, and he won't dare to come back. I learn from Brandon that he is anxious to obtain a position. However, I will give you detailed instructions how to proceed."