“Do you know Sergeant Fallon well?”
“He is my most intimate friend, and I occupy his quarters.”
“Good! Have you any love for him?”
“I have for him, sir, the deepest hatred, as he has been my worst enemy, and at times I have been tempted to take his life.”
“Then you are the very man I want for an ally—what do you say?”
“I will serve you, sir, as I can serve myself in doing so.”
CHAPTER III.
PLOTTING WITH A FOE.
The outlaw leader seemed pleased with the idea of his ally’s hatred for Sergeant Fallon, and said, when he was told that he would serve him: