"What will you do if I don't pay it?" asked Budd, as though yielding.
"I'll go an' cancel the bond, an' have ye in jail 'fore mornin'," he said, savagely.
"And if I do pay it you will cancel the bond, just the same, and land me in jail. Confess, now, that's your game," remarked Budd, seeing through Mr. Benton's purpose.
The man twisted in his chair.
"Ye'd better pay it," he finally said.
"Not one cent," replied Budd, decidedly.
"Then I'll go to the village right off an' cancel the bond, an' bring down the officer," declared Mr. Benton, grabbing up his hat and starting for the door.
With a laugh Budd and his partner followed the man to his boat.
He got into it and rowed off a rod or two from the shore; then he paused and said:
"Ye'd better change yer mind, Budd."