There is no other way out of it." "Well, Conrad, if we cannot find this fellow before Ben Soloman comes, I am with you in the business.

I have been working for him on starvation pay for the last three years, and hate him as much as you can." When they reached the hut they cooked a meal, and then prepared to keep alternate watch.
Charlie slept quietly all night, and, in the morning, remained in his hiding place until he heard, in the distance, the sound of a horse's tread.

Then he went out and sat down, leaning against a tree by the side of the path, in an attitude of exhaustion.
Presently he saw Ben Soloman approaching.

He got up feebly, and staggered a few paces to another tree, farther from the path.

He heard an angry shout, and then Ben Soloman rode up, and, with a torrent of execrations at the carelessness of the watchers, leapt from his horse and sprang to seize the fugitive, whom he regarded as incapable of offering the slightest resistance.
Charlie straightened himself up, as if with an effort, and raised his cudgel.
"I will not be taken alive," he said.
Ben Soloman drew his long knife from his girdle.