New Britain herald., 1925-01-24
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 Two unwounded bandits remain. ed. and of these only Rainey had . weapon in his hand. He fired al that kneeling row of marksmen The center figure dropped. The foul remaining fled to a place of safety and the wounded man crawled after them.
 But, still. where could the fugi. lives go? There was only one horse for the two unhurt men and for one wounded and this was Rainey's gallant pony, which had trotted around the corner to join him There was only one horse for three men, and the whole town. as could be told by far off shooting, was ris- ing.
 And then 1t was that they saw ] two horses racing down the main street Ferns men had chosen to charge home, then?
 No. for the voice of one rider was shouting: "Gloster! Harry Clos. ter"
 And he recognized Buck Daniels l with an answering shout of joy Yet Daniels did not reach them first. From behind shot great black horse with slim figure in the sad. dle giant of a horse which TO ell fn hotf haF hf,v in a cloud of stinging dust.
 Harry" cried Joan. Harry, are you here?"
 He had no time to feel horror that she should be there.
 Hell carry two - swing up be- hind quick"
 But there, gasping in the dirt be- side him, was Joe Macarthur, to whom he had sworn, looking into his eyes, that he would be faith full. He scooped the heavy body up in his arms. ran forward, and tossed Macarthur across the pommel of the saddle.
 Down the street. Joan," Gloster shouted, 'as fast as the horse will rum"
 T can't leave you,'
 ''For Gods sake, Joan" Buck Daniels had drawn up be. side them and behind his saddle had leaped Dud Rainey. They moved off down the street with Gloster racing between the two horses, and behind them was a new roar of guns and shout of rage.
 Theys were out of one trap. in- deed, but they were already in the jaws of another. Straight before them a dozen men ran out into the street and threw themselves on their bellies. In another instant the bullets were whistlng.
 There was no facing that fire. Aiming by starlight, and shaken with excitement, the prone men were missing, to be sure, but they were finding their range. In a mo- ment they would begin to plant their shots.
 Down the street there was con- fusion of yells as men were mount ing horses which had been kept carefully concealed in back yards of the houses. Now they rushed for pursuit. Ahead and behind, then, their way was totally blocked.
 Buck Daniels, pushing to the lead, turned them in new direc- ton. The double doors of a livery stable yawned wide to their right. They might sweep through this place and gain an exit to the open country behind. Even that, how ever, would not avail them long, with only two horses for five per sons. But in the stable itself they might be able to get new mounts.
 So, with the roar of hoof beats. they dashed into the old building. Some one rushed for cover, throw ing away a rife in his haste. but Dud Rainey dived from the horse of Buck Daniels and caught the fellow with a flying tackle, Dowr they went with crash.
 By the time they had risen. the others had halted their horses, Joe Macarthur lay stretched on the floor where Harry Gloster had laid him gently, and Joan. dropping from the saddle on the lofty Captain was kneeling at the side of the wounded man.
 In the meantime. with yell Of exultation, the crowd in the street poured around the stable. On either side and to the rear they ran, firing into the air in blind joy. and 1t was plain that they felt that the group was trapped. Half a dozen ran for the open double doors themselves but Buck Daniels ripped up the floor with a few bullets at their feet and drove them helter-skelter back.
 There was still something to be done before they took the building from the rear, Harry Gloster sped 10 the TtdT BlAI dhGtt ohu ''~ single door, fired blindly, half a dozen times, at skulking figures The fcply was a rain of bullets, and one or two yells of alarm, but the skulkers disappeared behind cover and it might be taken for granted that they would not soon try to ap' proach the stable from that direc- tion.
 So Glostcr returned to the corner in which the others had gathere' and where little Dud Rainey ha" his captive by the collar. The lat ter was a much larger man, bn' his spirit was completely cow"d Fear of death, filled up his eyes, which were starting from their