"That will suit me," was the cool reply, and turning to his friend, he continued:
"You will act for us, Rayford, in this affair this mad fool has forced upon me?"
"Certainly, and there is a pretty spot, on the banks of the Schuylkill river we can select, for I know it well, and I will give this gentleman written instructions how to reach there.
"At sunrise you say?" and he turned to Kent Lomax.
"Yes, and sooner if it could be so."
"That is soon enough, and here is your directions to reach the spot," and he jotted down a few notes upon a paper.
"Thank you; and Schuyler Cluett if you prove yourself a coward and do not come, I will prove merciless and kill you at sight, as I would a snake," and Kent Lomax left the rooms.
[CHAPTER IV.—The Meeting.]
