"Where were you before you came here?"
"That's none of your infernal business."
"I want to know if you were downstairs in the saloon?"
"No, I wasn't, if that will satisfy you."
"Have you been there at all to-night?"
"Yes, I was there about three hours ago."
"Was Black Madge there when you were there?"
A cunning leer came into the fellow's face before he answered, and then he replied by asking another question.
"Who's Black Madge?" he demanded.
"You know well enough who Black Madge is," insisted the detective; "and, Phil, if you keep a civil tongue in your head and answer my questions as I ask them, it will be all the better for you. If you do not——"