"What shall I do?" asked the old man, wringing his hands in the excess of his terror.
"Let me up, and I won't hurt you," said the tramp, finding that he must control his anger for the present.
"Just now you said you would strangle the both of us, Rudolph."
"I'll strangle you, you cub, but I will do no harm to the old man."
"You will take his gold."
"No."
"Don't you trust him, Mr. Hayden," said Tony. "He will promise anything to get free, but he will forget all about it when he is unbound."
"I'd like to choke you!" muttered Rudolph, who meant thoroughly what he said.
"But what shall I do, Tony? I can't have him in here all the time."