He
knew that everything between them was over.
"Come, come, then, girl!" he uttered, harshly. "It is time for you to
be gone! Step to the cab and get away from here, for I would spare you
what is to follow--my reckoning with Benson!"
He clapped his hands. The door opened, and four men stepped out. Their
type was not hard to determine. They were of the scum of
humanity--ready for any desperate deed.
CHAPTER XXII
THE PART OF ABERCROMBIE, R.N.
"Come, girl, you must go!" commanded Millard, harshly.
"I will not," she replied, coldly, "until my escort is ready to go with
me."
"He will not go with you," replied Millard, significantly. "And you
must not remain. What is to be done here is no thing for a dainty woman
to see."
"Mr. Benson," appealed the girl, "will you enter the cab first?"
"If he does, the cab will not leave," sneered Millard.
All this while the four men who had just come from the house were
stealthily grouping themselves. Jack watched them alertly. He did not
intend to be taken unawares, yet he hesitated to draw his pistol while
Miss Huston was there.
"Go, girl!" Millard ordered again.
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