"I've a great mind to throw you down-stairs," growled Jack.
"You'd have to throw me too!" put in Tom Trotter.
"I'd do it with pleasure."
Jack left the room and steered his way to the nearest saloon, while Mark and Tom returned to the room beneath.
CHAPTER IX.
AN ADVENTURE IN A FIFTH AVENUE STAGE.
Mark did not fail to call at Mr. Rockwell's office during the following week.
Nichols, the clerk, who had already shown a friendly interest in him, received him kindly.
"Mr. Rockwell is still confined at his house," he said. "The affair of last week was a great shock to him, and, not being a strong man, he is quite prostrated."