"If you're the man I think you, you'll not talk about her unless you're asked by the constable or some one you are bound to answer.

And what's more, you'll earn a five-dollar bill by going back the road you've come and bringing here, without any talk or fuss, the man you were just telling us about.

I want to have a talk with him, but I don't want any one but you and him to know this.

You can tell him it's worth money, if he don't want to come.

Do you understand ?" "You bet," chuckled the grinning lad.