“Now.”
“Won’t you want help?”
“Oh, no. If I don’t come back with him as a voluntary prisoner, Mr. Kerr, I’ll help you arrest him in the morning and give you all the credit.”
“Credit be hanged, Mr. Carter! I’m not a jealous idiot.”
“Glad to hear you say so. You will lie low, then, till you hear from me again?”
“Yes, but if it was any other man——”
“You’d lock him up as a dangerous lunatic. I know. If I’m mistaken, I’ll own up frankly. Now, tell me the way to Mason Creek.”
Kerr told him and advised him where to get a horse.
“It seems to me,” said Nick, “you’ve described a roundabout way.”