Who is in danger, and from what ?" The girl burst into tears, but struggled bravely through with her message.
"It's those awful men, the roughs and rowdies down in Glencaid.

They say he murdered Red Slavin, that big gambler who spoke to me this morning, but he did n't, for I saw the man who did, and so did Mr.
Wynkoop.

He jumped out of the saloon window, his hand all bloody, and ran away.

But they 've got him and the town marshal up behind the Shasta dump, and swear they're going to hang him if they can only take him alive.

Oh, just hear those awful guns!" "Yes, but who is it ?" "Bob Hampton, and--and he never did it at all." Before Brant could either move or speak, Naida swept past him, down the steep bank, and her voice rang out clear, insistent.