An instant later, another man dragged the helpless girl across the threshold and into the house.

Even as Bonner squared himself to rush down upon them the light disappeared and darkness fell over the cabin.

There was a sound of footsteps on the floor, a creaking of hinges and the stealthy closing of a door.

Then there was absolute quiet.
Bonner was wise as well as brave.

He saw that to rush down upon the house now might prove his own as well as her undoing.