Before starting on the descent O'Connor said to the men: "We wish to take the fellows who are hiding down there alive if possible.

They are the gang of the fellow known as the 'Red Captain,' and have committed a score of murders; but if it is absolutely necessary you will of course fire.

There is one man among them who is there on compulsion, and is less guilty than the rest.

He is a fair-haired man, and I should think you would notice the difference between him and the rest.

Whatever resistance they make it is not probable that he will join in it.