A terrifying form threw itself upon him and bore him to the ground.

A heavy hand was clapped upon his mouth, and the cry that had risen to his lips died in his throat.
He looked up and saw the face of Henry Ware.

Beside him stood two others whom he knew--Tom Ross and Shif'less Sol.

He became blue about the lips, and expected a quick death.
"Listen!" said Henry Ware, and every word that he said was burned into Braxton Wyatt's wretched soul.

"You are not to die, not at this time.