"Smallpox!"
"Go away from that door!" screamed Myra Nell; but the fellow merely scowled.
"I hate to offend the lady," he explained to Norvin, in a hoarse whisper; "but I can't let her out."
Miss Warren repeated in a fury:
"Go away, I tell you. These are friends of mine. If you were a gentleman you'd know you're not wanted. Norvin, make him skedaddle."
Blake shook his head. "You've scared us all blue. If you're quarantined
I don't see what we can do."
"The idea! You can at least come in."
"If you go in, you can't come out," belligerently declared the watchman. "Them's orders."
"Oh-h! You monster!" cried his prisoner.
"She says herself she's got it," the man explained.