"King balked me again, just as he has been doing right along," went on Brady fiercely. "I'd willingly have gone to Joliet for life if I could have nicked him. He's the cause of all my troubles."
"Bully for King!" applauded Dennison. "The more I hear of him the higher he stacks up with me."
"Who put you next to where I was going, King?" demanded Brady.
"Never mind about that," replied Matt, getting into his coat and cap again. "We've captured you, Brady, and that's enough for you to know."
"Captured, but not sent up," qualified Brady. "Nor I won't be sent up. I'll live and have my liberty until I can settle accounts with Motor Matt and some more of you fellows."
"Let him rave," laughed Dennison. "That's the only thing he can do, and it won't hurt anybody."
"If it was that girl of mine that tipped me off to you and Harris," went on Brady, "she's one of those who'll come in for a fair share of the trouble I'm going to turn loose. Nice kind of a daughter she is! It's been the grief of my life that she never was more like Hector, Jr."
Matt listened to this in amazement, and his heart sickened as he turned away.
At that moment, Harris and Twitchell came hurrying back.