"No offence was intended. Come Sally, your mother will be frantic till she sees you," and turned on his heel.
"Please don't feel hurt," whispered the girl, "he thinks money is everything and he meant it to thank you."
"Don't men—" began Jesse.
But the girl interrupted:
"When we see each other again I can thank you better—I'm so upset now."
Noting that his daughter was not at his side, Mr. Rozier called, peremptorily:
"Come this instant, Sally!"
Grabbing the skirt of her riding-habit, the girl breathed an au revoir to the bandit-chieftain and ran to her father.
As he followed her lithesome figure with his eyes, Jesse beheld the pompous banker scowling at him, his expression indicating that he was angry at the very natural gratitude his daughter evinced toward her handsome rescuer.