His face was pallid and set, though he did not show any other sign of fear.
"Hazelton ?" "One tree is as good as another," Harry answered in a strangely quiet voice.
In the midst of an impressive silence, and with motions that seemed oddly unreal to the tended victims, Duff placed the two young engineers.
A lariat was thrown over a low limb of each of the trees.

Then, with slightly trembling hands the gambler adjusted a over the neck of each bound boy..