And I don't want to have to keep toting it around all the time you're away." "But suppose Dolph Gage and his crew come over here, and you're not armed ?" "Then I'll own up that we haven't anything to shoot with, and ask him to call again," Tom laughed.

"But don't be afraid, Jim.
Gage and his crew will be anxious, for the next few days, to see whether they can coax us into serving them.

They need an engineer over at their stolen claim, and they know it." So Ferrers rode away, carrying his rifle across his saddle.
Alf spent an evening of terror, for the ground around the camp appeared to be full of "rattlers"..