"Well, you can stay here all night if you want to. We aint used to keepin' a tavern, but you'll fare as well as we."
"Thank you. I was afraid I might have to stay out all night."
"Now, Meg, get me something to eat quick. I'm most famished."
While his wife was getting out the supper again, he sat down beside the fire, and Walter had a chance to scan his rough features. There was something in his appearance that inspired distrust, and our hero wished the night were past, and he were again on his way.
CHAPTER XXIX. DANGER THREATENS.
After supper, which the man devoured like a wild animal, he proved more sociable. He tried in a rough, uncouth manner to make himself agreeable, and asked Walter numerous questions.
"Do you like peddlin'?" he asked.
"I can't tell yet," said Walter. "I haven't been at it long enough."