"You went up against a tough proposition when yon tackled me," continued
the man. "It would have been a good thing for you if you had never run
across me. You know too much to be left alive. I shall see that you are
properly taken care of."
Checkers issued a shrill whistle.
"Come," he said to Ted, "get to your feet."
Ted arose as three men came around an elbow of the wall of the ravine.
"Take care of this boy," said Checkers to them. "And if he escapes--"
He finished the sentence with a smile that made the men wince.
CHAPTER XXIII.
STELLA IMITATES SANTA CLAUS.
"Come on, fellow," said one of the men, jerking Ted along by hops.
"We'll attend to him all right, boss," said another.
"He'll get all that's coming to him," said the third, with a grin that
was almost as diabolical as that of Checkers.
Around the elbow of the ravine wall, in a small cove was a log cabin
with a lean-to shed, under which was sheltered the fatal red car which
had lured him to captivity.
The cabin was backed up against the wall of the ravine, and was small
and dirty as to interior.
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