not long refrain from carrying out their wishes, and

robbing, perhaps murdering them.

"Ye see," said Joe with a perplexed air, while he

drew a piece of live charcoal from the fire with his

fingers and lighted his pipe--"ye see, there's more difficulties

in the way o' gettin' off than ye think--"

"Oh, nivare mind de difficulties," interrupted Henri,

whose wrath at the treatment he had received had not

yet cooled down. "Ve must jump on de best horses

ve can git hold, shake our fists at de red reptiles, and