"Why not?"
"I was the man that was hired to abduct you when you was a boy."
"Can you prove that?" asked Spencer.
"I can."
"Will your story be believed?"
"Yes. The tenantry will remember me. I was one of them at the time."
"Are you ready to help my young friend here to recover his rights?" asked Spencer.
"This morning I said no. Now I say yes, if he'll do the fair thing by me."
A conference was entered into and a bargain was finally made. Rudolph was to receive two hundred pounds a year as a reward for his services, if successful.
When this arrangement had been completed, an appointment was made for the next morning; at which hour a lawyer of repute was also present. After listening attentively to Rudolph's statement, he said, decisively: