"The devils!"
"That is what they are, indeed; but let me tell you just what I discovered, overheard, and saw."
Then Andrew Seldon told the story, and in Lucas Langley he found a most ready listener.
"Oh, that we could rescue that girl!" said Langley, when he had heard all.
"To make the attempt would be but to meet with signal failure now, Lucas."
"I fear so."
"Still, I will see that they are not left long to carry on their work of deviltry."
"I am with you heart and soul."
"I know that well, pard. But they will return the girl for the ransom demanded, and then they will get the amount they claim for the young man they spoke of."
"Yes."