Who is this man who swears vengeance upon so worthy, so pious a member of society as Mr. Elijah Callister of the Tenth Baptist Church?
His name is Caleb Hook.
His business is that of a police detective.
Reuben Tisdale was right.
Out of the whale's belly the avenger has come.
Fate had indeed willed that he should prove the Jonah of the band.
"Now, then, Billy, you slip up the steps and try the door. If the watchman has not gone back on us, it ought to open at the first touch."
Before the Lispenard Bank stood three men, well disguised in great coats and low slouch hats, one carrying a small grip-sack in his hand.
They are Elijah Callister and the two Cutts—father and son.