t him into the back part of the buggy."

By the united efforts of both the outlaw, like a trussed fowl, was
deposited bodily in the rear of the carriage, where he lay in a most
uncomfortable position, jolted and shaken whenever the road was rough or
uneven.

"You'll repent this outrage," he said fiercely.

"Doesn't thee like it?" asked Luke, relapsing into his Quaker dialect.

"Curse you and your Quaker lingo!" retorted Fox, his black eyes sparkling
vindictively.

"It wouldn't do thee any harm to turn Quaker thyself," suggested Luke.

"I'll be bruised to death before the ride is over," growled the outlaw.

"There is one way of saving you the discomfort of the ride."

"What is that?"

"I might shoot you through the head. As the reward is the same whether I
deliver you alive or dead I have a great mind to do it."

The outlaw was made still more uncomfortable by these words. He had wholly
misunderstood Luke at first, and the revelation of his real character had
impressed him not only with respect but fear. He did not know of what this
pseudo Quaker might be capable. He longed in some way to get out of his
power. Force was impracticable, and he resolved to resort to finesse.

"Look here, my friend," he began.

"So you regard me as a friend? Thank you, Brother Fox; I won't forget
it."

"Oh, bother your nonsense! I suppose you are after the thousand dollars
offered for my apprehension."

"You have guessed right the first time. I am not a rich man, and I don't
mind telling you that a thousand dollars will be particularly acceptable
just about now."

"So I suppose. You don't feel particularly unfriendly to me?"

"Oh, no. I might under different circumstances come to love you like a
brother."

"Or join my band?"

"Well, no; I draw the line there. As a Quaker I could not consistently
join a band of robbers."

"Who are you?" asked Fox abruptly. "You weren't raised around here."

"No."

"Where, then?"

"I came from Iowa."

"What is your name?"

"My friend, I haven't any visiting cards with me. You can think of me as
the Quaker detective."

"Then I will come to business. You want a thousand dollars?"

"You are correct there."

"Then I will show you a way to get it."

"I know one way already."

"You mean by delivering me up?"

"Yes."

"That would not suit me. Let me go and I will give you a thousand
dollars."

"Have you got it with you?"

"No, but I can arrange to give it to you within a