"Wait a few minutes, and you'll see." "Shall I drop him, Black ?" inquired Pete.
'Gene Black was about to answer in the affirmative, when a sound up the trail caught his attention.
"There's someone coming," snarled Black, using his keen powers of hearing.
"Wait and I'll introduce you," mocked Tom Reade.
"We won't wait.

Neither will you," retorted Black.

"You'll come with us.

About face and walk fast!" "I'm not going your way tonight," replied Reade calmly.
"If he doesn't obey every order like a flash, Pete, then you pull the trigger and wind this cub up." "All right," nodded Pete.

"Cub, you heard what Black said ?" "Yes," replied Tom, looking at Pete with smiling eyes.
"Then come along," ordered Black, seizing Tom by one arm.
"I won't!" Tom declared flatly.
"You know what refusal means.