"Oh, you don't suppose he can--can really get leave to shoot Laddie, do you ?" "I don't know," answered the Master, as uneasy as she.

"A mad-dog scare has a way of throwing everybody into a fool panic.

There's no knowing what some magistrate may let him do.

But one thing is mighty certain," he reassured her.

"If the whole National Guard of New Jersey comes here, with a truckload of shooting-warrants, they aren't going to get Laddie.