"If the fellow could be depended on," replied the other, "he might
be useful; in fact, I am of opinion that if he wished he could trace
_Shawn-na-Middogue's_ haunts. The scoundrel attempted just now to impose
upon me in the dress of a woman, and, were it not that I knew him so
well, he might have got my beard stripped from my face, and my bones
broken besides; but I feel confident that if any one could trace and
secure the outlaw, he could--I mean with proper assistance. Think of
this."
"I shall find him out," replied Woodward, "and sound him, at all events,
and I think through Caterine Collins I may possibly secure him; but we
must be cautious. Good-by; I wish you success!"
After which he passed through the crowd, exclaiming,
"A wonderful man--an astonishing man--and a fearful man; that is if he
be a man, which I very much doubt."
CHAPTER XII. Fortune-telling
Ever since the night of the bonfire Woodward's character became
involved more or less in a mystery that was peculiar to the time and
the superstitions of the period. That he possessed, the Evil Eye was
whispered about; and what was still more strange, it was not his wish
that such rumors should be suppressed.
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