Give orders for the best two of your troop, and have horses saddled for all four of us.

We must be on the road." Dillon did as directed, and returned to the conference, which was conducted, on the part of his superior, with a degree of excitation, mingled with a sharp asperity of manner, something unwonted for him in the arranging of any mere matter of business.
"Maxson will not refuse us; if he do, I will hang him by my saddle-straps.

The scoundrel owes his election to our votes, and shall he refuse us what we ask?
He knows his fate too well to hesitate.

And then, Dillon, when you have his commission for the arrest of this boy, spare not the spur: secure him at all hazards of horseflesh or personal inconvenience.

He will not resist the laws, or anything having their semblance; nor, indeed, has he any reason--" "No reason, sir! why, did you not say he had killed Forrester ?" inquired his companion.
"Your memory is sharp, master lieutenant; I did say, and I say so still.
But he affects to think not, and I should not be at all surprised if he not only deny it to you, but in reality disbelieve it himself.