Overhead the great bell boomed solemnly on, and Ned, his hand on the rope, put all his heart and strength into the task.

A rifle cracked and a bullet entered the doorway, but it passed over the heads of the Texans, and flattened against the stone wall beyond.

A rifle inside cracked in response, and a Comanche in the grass and weeds uttered a death yell.
"I was watchin' for just such a chance," said the Ring Tailed Panther in satisfied tones.

"I saw him when he rose to fire.

Just as you thought, Mr.Bowie, the bell is makin' their nerves raw, an' they feel that they must do somethin' right away." "What a queer note that was in Ned's tune!" suddenly exclaimed Obed.
Bowie laughed.
"An angry Comanche shot at the bell and hit it.