"
"You should have waited," said Braddock, waving Cockatoo aside.
"Come along with me to the Fort, Hope."
"But Random will come here as soon as he returns."
"Very likely, but I can't wait. I am anxious to hear what he has
to say in his defense. Come, Cockatoo, my coat, my hat, my
gloves. Stir yourself, you scoundrel!"
Archie was not unwilling to go, since he was anxious also to hear
what Random would say to the absurd accusation brought against
him by the Yankee. In a few minutes the two men were walking
smartly down the road through the village, the Professor striving
to keep up with Hope's longer legs by trotting as hard as he
could. Halfway down the village they met a trap, and in it
Captain Hervey being driven to the Jessum railway station.
"Have you seen Don Pedro?" asked the Professor, stopping the
vehicle.
"I reckon not," answered Hervey stolidly. "He's gone into
Pierside to see the police. I'm off there also."
"You had better come with us," said Archie sternly;--"we are
going to see Sir Frank Random."
"Give him my respects," said the skipper cold-bloodedly, "and
say that he's worth one hundred pounds to me," he waved his hand
and the trap moved away, but he looked back with a wry smile.
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