HOW HECTOR FOUGHT THE BLOODHOUND
THE night before Hector was to leave Haverton he sat with his brother and Captain Ben in the study. They had been talking over Tearaway's wonderful trial, and Picton said he should back her to win the biggest stake he had ever gone for.
"And you shall have half if she wins, as I feel sure she will," he said to Hector.
"You are too good," said Hector; "but I won't refuse it. I may want it. I have a difficult and expensive game to play."
"Don't run into danger," said Ben.
"I'll avoid it where possible," said Hector.
"You have not told us how you escaped from prison," said Picton. "Perhaps it is too painful a subject."
"Painful it is, but I fully intended telling you. I may as well do it now. I want to recompense the man on the moor, also Brack, without
