said the man with the pipe

    "Now," he said, "I want two of you to follow this misshapen dwarf, and find out where he comes from. I want to get hold of the scoundrels who sent him to me."     "I will be one," said the man with the pipe.     "Very well, Fred."     "And I will go with Fred," said a long limbed fellow who had been a Kansas cowboy.     "I accept you, Otto. Go armed, and don't lose sight of him."     "Shall you send the money?"     "Not I. I will send a letter that will encourage them to hope for it. I want to gain time."     "Any instructions, Jefferson?"     "Only this, if you see these men, capture or kill them."     "All right." Chapter 34 A Bloody Conflict     This was the letter that was handed to Caesar:     I have received your note. I must have time to think, and time perhaps to get hold of the gold. Don't harm a hair of the boy's head. If so, I will hunt you to death.     JEFFERSON PETTIGREW.     P.S. -- Meet me tomorrow morning at the rocky gorge at the foot of Black Mountain. Ten o'clock.     Caesar took the letter, and bent his steps in the direction of the place where he had tethered his horse. He did not observe that he was followed by two men, who carefully kept him in sight, without attracting attention to themselves.