"That is where you are wise. You would find it the biggest contract you ever undertook. Gerald, what——"
"Let me go!" said Saul, nervously.
"I think I had better take you to Campville in the wagon."
"No, no—they would kill me!" ejaculated Saul, livid with fear.
"I will leave it to the boy. What shall I do with this man?"
"Let him go, if he will promise to leave the neighborhood at once."
"You hear? Will you agree to that?"
"Yes," was the eager answer.
"And will you promise never to come back?"
"Yes; I promise solemnly!"