An oath again clinched the ambiguous threat.
Apparently relieved by having expressed his dark determination, he proceeded in a calmer strain.
“Won’t they be glad to hear of this resurrection! I wonder if they’re still at Slaughter’s. They went there—sure to be there yet. I’ll go. It’ll make their hearts happier than all the liquor in the tavern. Good night, Jerry Rook! Take care of your guest. Next time he goes off it won’t be by your sending of him.”
After this sham apostrophe he struck off across the field, and, once more clambering over the fence, he took the road leading to Helena.
Story 1--Chapter XXV.
The Stranger Guest.
The fifth instalment of “hush-money,” that had been paid to Jerry Rook, proved to be the last.
On meeting the contracting parties, and applying for the sixth, he found to his great surprise, as well as chagrin, that the grand secret was gone out of his keeping, and his power over them at an end!