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Updated: May 24, 2025
"The farmer from whom those chickens were stolen may stray down here in search of the thief, and it is not impossible that Mose Hocker is somewhere about here. This man certainly stole that gun from Hocker's cabin, and if he took the boat at the same time which I believe he did Hocker will surely try to recover his property, and will naturally look for it along the creek."
There is the Victim Friend; the mysterious letter of the injured Female to the Victim Friend; the romantic spot for the Death-Struggle by night; the unexpected appearance of Thomas Hocker to the Policeman; the parlour of the Public House, with Thomas Hocker reading the paper to a strange gentleman; the Family Apartment, with a song by Thomas Hocker; the Inquest Room, with Thomas Hocker boldly looking on; the interior of the Marylebone Theatre, with Thomas Hocker taken into custody; the Police Office with Thomas Hocker "affable" to the spectators; the interior of Newgate, with Thomas Hocker preparing his defence; the Court, where Thomas Hocker, with his dancing-master airs, is put upon his trial, and complimented by the Judge; the Prosecution, the Defence, the Verdict, the Black Cap, the Sentence each of them a line in any Playbill, and how bold a line in Thomas Hocker's life!
The rain had ceased some time before, and the moon was now peeping through a rift in the scudding clouds. As the men crept up the stony slope they saw through the gaping crevices of the mill the yellow gleam from Moxley's lantern. Suddenly it vanished, and a creaking noise was hear. "The rascal is escaping. We must run for it," whispered Hocker. He bounded forward with Jeffries at his heels.
Randy was all right in a moment, and as Ned paddled across the creek, he hurriedly pulled on his clothes. When the boat landed by the rocks such a scene ensued as no pen can describe. The men crowded about Randy with eager congratulations, and fairly pumped his arms off. Mose Hocker snatched the gun and waved it triumphantly before Daddy Perkiss. "What do you think of that?" he cried.
He stammered out a few inarticulate words of gratitude to Hocker and Jeffries and then approached Ned. "This is your doin'," he said brokenly. "You saved me from goin' to jail. I shan't forget it " He choked and broke off short. Ned drew him down the wasteway to a little clump of bushes, out of earshot of the others.
Hocker was strong, and the tears were forcing themselves into my eyes in spite of me. So the Princess in return for healing the Dragon made it promise to reform. It went back with her to the Prince, and made itself generally useful to both of them for the rest of the tour. And the Prince took the Princess home with him and married her; and the Dragon died and was buried.
Hocker pressed them to stay a couple of days, but they deemed it best to push on, since they were yet many miles from home. Little did they think as they paddled away from the cabin, that they and their friendly host would meet again under far different circumstances in the near future. All that day which was Wednesday the boys paddled steadily.
That settles it." The party went slowly back to the bushes, and Ned satisfied his hunger with the bread and cold meat Abner had brought, while Jeffries and Hocker carried on a low, earnest discussion. Presently the quiet was interrupted in an unexpected manner. Being restless and unhappy Bug wandered up toward the mill, and unwittingly strayed into a patch of silvery moonlight.
He was satisfied that Hocker would help him if he could be made to see the matter in its proper light, so he drew him aside and told all he knew about Bug in a simple, earnest way dwelling especially on the fact that Bug's desire to keep the boys out of a scrape was the sole cause of his own misfortune. The appeal carried conviction with it, and Hocker's sympathies were aroused.
This piece of news cheered Ned considerably, and helped him to endure the suspense with fortitude. Nearly an hour passed by without a sound from the mill or the alert watcher on the hillside. The creek was still rising by slow degrees, but the sky was rapidly clearing and gave every promise of continued fair weather. Finally a low whistle was heard, and Hocker noiselessly disappeared.
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