But he was in earnest, and he would play it to the end, fur he liked the feelings it made circulate through his frame.

And they saw he was in earnest.
"You'll lynch him, will you ?" he says, a kind of passion getting into his voice fur the first time, and his eyes glittering.

"You think you will?
Well, you WON'T! "You won't because _I_ say NOT.

Do you hear?
I came here to-night to save him.
"You might string HIM up and not be called to account for it.

But how about ME ?" He took a step forward, and, looking from face to face with a dare in his eyes, he went on: "Is there a man among you fool enough to think you could kill Tom Buckner and not pay for it ?" He let 'em all think of that for jest another minute before he spoke agin.