"So you are safe, Ernest? I thought I had lost you," he exclaimed. "Did you see anything of the outlaws?"
"I should say that I did. I was captured by James Fox, and confined two nights in the underground haunt of the robbers. When I escaped this afternoon I fell into the clutches of the other brother."
"What! John Fox?"
"Yes."
"This cannot be, Ernest. I lodged him myself in Crampton jail."
"All I can tell you is that he is at liberty now. He must have escaped."
"Then I am afraid I shan't receive the reward offered for his capture."
"You ought to get it. You delivered him over to the authorities. If they could not keep him, that was their lookout."
"You ought to be right, lad. I hope you are. Who is this man?"
"My Indian friend, who proved to be a friend in need. It was he who saved me from John Fox."