"Well, I'll think it over."
"You had better think quickly then."
Cap Roche scowled.
"See here!" he exclaimed, turning to Hop and quickly severing his bonds. "You go and tell Young Wild West's partners that I want all the money they can rake up, and as soon as you bring it to me you can all go free. They are to fetch no one here, though. If they do I will kill Young Wild West, and then take the chances of a siege in the cave."
CHAPTER XIII.
THE CLEVER CHINAMAN AT WORK.
Hop no sooner had his hands free than he said:
"You wantee me tellee lat ley mustee gittee velly muchee money, and len you lettee Young Wild West go?"
"Yes, that's it. You seem to understand pretty well for a Chinee. You understood enough to clean me out of a couple of hundred dollars last night, too. I reckon you had better give me that money and all the rest you have, before you go on your errand."
"Me velly solly," declared Hop, acting as though he really felt bad over it, "but me leavee allee my money in um camp."