“There was so much to tell you! It leads to the sea. Oh, what shall we do? You must hide - upstairs - anywhere!” cried Eva, wildly. “Leave them to me - leave them to me.”
“I like that,” said I; and I did; but I detested myself for the tears my words had drawn, and I prepared to die for them.
“They’ll kill you, Mr. Cole!”
“It would serve me right; but we’ll see about it.”
And I stood with my revolver very ready in my right hand,
“There was so much to tell you! It leads to the sea. Oh, what shall we do? You must hide - upstairs - anywhere!” cried Eva, wildly. “Leave them to me - leave them to me.”
“I like that,” said I; and I did; but I detested myself for the tears my words had drawn, and I prepared to die for them.
“They’ll kill you, Mr. Cole!”
“It would serve me right; but we’ll see about it.”
And I stood with my revolver very ready in my right hand,
