Chapter 21
LAVINA AND THE CAPTAIN.As the day wore on, ’Tana became more nervous and restless. With
the dark, that man was to come for the gold she had promised.
Lyster brought it to her, part in money, part in free gold, and
as he laid it on the couch, she looked at him strangely.
“How much you trust me when you never even ask what I am to do
with all this!” she said. “Yet it is enough to surprise you.”
“Yes, it is,” he agreed. “But when you are ready you will tell
me.”
“No, I will not tell you,” she answered, “but it is the last
thing—I think—that I will keep from you, Max. It is a debt that
belongs to days before I knew you. What did Overton say?”
“Not much, maybe he will leave for the upper works this evening
or to-morrow morning.”
“Did you—did you tell him—”
“That you ar
