Caught no sight of the feller after ye got up ?" "All I saw then was the crowd blocking the door-way.

I knew they had caught me lying on Slavin, with my hand grasping the knife-hilt, and, someway, I couldn't think of anything just then but how to get out of there into the open.

I 've seen vigilantes turn loose before, and knew what was likely to happen!" "Sure.

Recognize anybody in that first bunch ?" "Big Jim, the bartender, was the only one I knew; he had a bung-starter in his hand." Mason nodded thoughtfully, his mouth puckered.

"It's him, and half a dozen other fellers of the same stripe, who are kickin' up all this fracas.