If the larger of the two men was one of the robbers of the Webster Bank, what was his companion doing in such company as his?
For the man who walked by the burglar's side was the old-time friend of the boy himself—was the father of the girl he loved—that most respectable stock operator and member of the Tenth Baptist Church, Elijah Callister, and no one else!
[CHAPTER X.]
IN THE CHAMBER OF DEATH.
Caleb Hook stared at the fearful sight which in that darkened chamber met his gaze with feelings of mingled horror and surprise.
Could this, indeed, be the strange creature whose footsteps he had followed—who but a few short moments before he had seen in life.
It was hard to realize it, but there could be no doubt that such was the fact.
There lay the same attenuated form, the same pale and worn features, the thin gray hair, now falling in a tangled mass to the floor, behind the head.
And the restless eyes had ceased their wandering at last, stilled by the cold hand of death.