CHAPTER XXII. AN IMPORTANT PROPOSAL.
CHAPTER XV.
AN EXCITING SCENE.Hogan had not given it up as a bad job. Andy’s unexpected resistance only made him the more determined to effect his object. Besides the natural desire to obtain so large a booty, he thirsted for revenge upon Andy.
“The boy’s plucky!” he muttered, as he descended from the roof; “but I’ll be even with him yet.”
He had to descend cautiously, for the shingles were slippery, but he finally reached the lowest point and jumped down.
“If I could only find an ax or a hatchet,” he said to himself, “I would make short work of the window. I don’t believe the boy will dare to shoot.”
He searched for the articles he had named, but in vain.
“What can I take?” he thought, perplexed.
His eyes fell upon a thick club, not unlike a b
