He brought in Braxton Wyatt and the soldiers and ordered me to be put in irons, there in his presence." "What!" exclaimed Paul, "did he dare that, too ?" "Yes.

His object, of course, was to humiliate me--and all of us.

It was stopped by one who came in at the right moment.

You couldn't guess who it was." "It must a-been Shif'less Sol," said Long Jim, whose mind ran to physical deeds.

"I guess he sent a bullet right into the middle uv that rascal crew.