He has surrendered to me as my prisoner." "You've, got him ?" shouted a score of voices.
"Yes, I've got him." Rapidly Warden made answer.

"But I'm not going to hand him over to you to be murdered out of hand.

If I'm boss of Barren Valley, I'll be boss.

So if any of you are dissatisfied you'll have to reckon with me first.

Fletcher Hill is my prisoner, and I'll see to it that he has a fair trial.