Tony set to work with rapid hands to tie the prostrate tramp hand
and foot.—(See page [73])
CHAPTER XII. TONY STARTS OUT ONCE MORE.
It was not until after Rudolph's seizure that Ben, who had followed the extemporized police, discovered the bags of gold in the hands of the tramp.
"Give me my money!" he shrieked, in excitement and anguish. "Don't let him carry it off."
"It's safe, Ben," said one of the captors. "But who would have supposed you had so much money?"
"It isn't much," faltered the old man.
"The bags are pretty heavy," was the significant rejoinder. "Will you take two hundred dollars apiece for them?"
"No," said the old man, embarrassed.