And besides, being tigers, they had tasted blood.
A shout caused Bruce to turn.

Instantly he raised his rifle, and pulled the trigger.

The result was merely a snap.

The gun had not been loaded.

He snatched Kathlyn's rifle, but this, too, was useless.
The brigands yelled exultantly and began to swarm up the ragged cliff.
Bruce flung aside the gun and turned his attention to a boulder.
Halfway up the chasm had a width which was little broader than the shoulders of an ordinary man.