Dan Heeley backed before it, white to the lips.

At this point the Professor plucked up courage and advanced upon Heeley.
Dan offered no resistance, his arm was broken, and he was completely paralysed by the insistence of the monster attacking him.

Five minutes later Dan, Heeley, the Bold Birragua Boy, was securely tied to a tree, with about three fathoms of inch manila, and the Professor's cash box, with its proper contents increased by certain sums that were illegally Heeley's, was safely bestowed in its locker again.
"What was the price you said the Government had put on your head, Dan, my boy ?" asked Professor Thunder.

"Two hundred and fifty of the best?
It's mine, Daniel." Heeley made no reply; his frightened eyes were fixed on the man-monkey cowering in the shade, with the revolver tight in its right hand.
"The Missing Link will watch over you to-night, Dan," continued the Professor, jauntily.

"He's as strong as ten men, so don't try tricks with him." But the Professor did not get that L250.