I didn't have much of a chance to fight, but if there's any one on the face of the earth who has got it over Peggy when it comes to screaming, I'd like to know her name! Joanne didn't have time to make a sound.

But they didn't touch Peggy until she began screaming, and then one of the men began choking her.

They had about laid me out with a club, so I was helpless.
Good God----" He shuddered.
"They were river men," said MacDonald.

"Probably some of Tomman's scow-men.
They were making for the river." A few minutes later, when Aldous was saying good-night to MacDonald, the old hunter said again, in a whisper: "Now what do 'ee think, Johnny ?" "That you're right, Mac," replied Aldous in a low voice.

"There is no longer a choice.