Been having a change of heart, or is it your second childhood ?" He laughed disagreeably.
"It's none of your business," said the gambler.

"I want her, and that's enough.

All you have to do is to take her to St.Michael's and keep her there till you hear from me.

She thinks she is going to the Mission, and you needn't tell her otherwise until you get her aboard a steamer; then take her, no matter what kind of a fight she puts up.

You've got a light-rowing skiff, and you'd better keep going till you're overtaken by a down-river boat.