"Ho, boy, what do you want here?" gruffly said the prisoner as Will entered and was locked in with him.
"I am here to have a talk with you, Ellis."
"What have you got to say?"
"I wish you to tell me if Night Hawk Jerry really killed little Willie Rossmore, or if he died of exposure and starvation, as he told me was the case?"
"I don't know anything about the kid."
"Did you never see him?"
"No."
"Suppose I tell you that I know something of your past?"
"I don't believe it."