She's all right, kid."
There came a knock at the outer office door. Eddie sprang
back into the front room, closing and locking the door after
him, just as Barbara entered.
"Eddie," she asked, "may I see the prisoner? I want to talk
to him."
"You want to talk with a bank robber?" exclaimed Eddie.
"Why you ain't crazy are you, Miss Barbara?"
"No, I'm not crazy; but I want to speak with him alone for
just a moment, Eddie--please."
Eddie hesitated. He knew that Grayson would be angry if
he let the boss's daughter into that back room alone with an
outlaw and a robber, and the boss himself would probably be
inclined to have Eddie drawn and quartered; but it was hard
to refuse Miss Barbara anything.
"Where is he?" she asked.
Eddie jerked a thumb in the direction of the door. The key
still was in the lock.
"Go to the window and look at the moon, Eddie," suggested
the girl. "It's perfectly gorgeous tonight. Please, Eddie,"
as he still hesitated.
Eddie shook his head and moved slowly toward the window.
"There can't nobody refuse you nothin', miss," he said;
"'specially when you got your heart set on it."
"That's a dear, Eddie," purred the girl, and moved swiftly
across the room to the locked door.
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