Then I went up to the hut again and found it
was empty.
"A day or two after that I found out from a man who run a still, and
knew the Red Captain well, that he had made up his mind to lave Galway
and come down south, where he had some friends; so I just shut up the
house and walked down here. Now you know, your honor, that I don't
come here for the sake of the reward. Not a penny of it would I touch
if I were dying of hunger, and sooner than be pointed at as an
informer I would throw myself over them big rocks. But they have got
Denis, and either they will make him as bad as themselves--which I
don't think--or they will shoot him; and if they don't shoot him he
will be shot one of these days by the soldiers. What I want you to
promise, your honor, is, that if I point out where you can lay your
hands on the villains, you won't say who tould you, and that you will
tell your soldiers not to shoot Denis.
"You will know him aisy enough, your honor, for he is a dacent-looking
boy; and when the time comes you will find he will do what he can to
help you. I found out who the people were that the Red Captain had
come down to, and I watched and watched their place, till one day I
saw him come there. Then I followed him and found out whereabout they
were hiding. I kept about till, that evening, I had a chance of
spaking to Denis for a minute.
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