"So they've caught him? Did he confess?"
"Not he! He would tell them nothing, and to the dungeon he went, there to perish unless sooner rescued."
"It is the chamber under the house, eh?"
"The one next to the walls of the treasure house. I know the way to it, but the house is watched to-night, and Waters may work on the walls in vain."
For a moment the detective looked away, but his gaze came back to the stern face of the girl.
"Belle Demona fired the sheds and thinks I am there yet," she went on with a derisive laugh.
"I thought so."
"I could have killed her had I wished to, but her time is to end in a bitterness worse than death. Wait, Riggs. She is to see the end of all her hopes, and the revenge she took across the sea is to mock her at last."
Old Broadbrim heard at this moment a slight sound overhead, and they looked up.
"I know their plans," said Stareyes. "I have not been idle since you rode away on Black Duke. You are to be shot from ambush to-night. The hour has about arrived. Your grave has already been made over there in the bush and—— Hush! they are here."