The robber was the heavier man by far, but the activity and the
skill were upon the other side.
'I would put a pistol to his head,' the Lifter said,' but bad as he
be he is my father.' There is no need to describe the _rencontre_,
further than to say that After about a minute's fierce strife the
chief vent down and Roland's knee was planted in his breast.
'Cords now,' he cried to the Lifter.
'I'll help to do the bindeen,' The Lifter replied cheerfully, and he
did so. When his father was bound he stood before him and thus spoke:
'Father, I leave you to the mercy of the laws which you have all your
life been a breakeen. I will try to get out of the country and go to
the States; there I hope to become an honest man. I do not think that
I deserve to suffer, because in breakeen the law I did not know I was
do'een wrong. You deserve to suffer because you broke them knoween it
was evil, and you brought me up to break them, which was worst of all.
So I leave you, capteen. In a little while the law will come here and
catch you. I will not cry when I hear of your swingeen.' The unfilial
convert then joined Roland and the two quickening their pace soon
overtook Nancy and Aster.
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