"Bring up the other men and their guns," he whispered fiercely to the nearest.

Then he faced Stacy.
"Who are YOU to stop peaceful miners going to work on their own claim ?" he said coarsely.

"I'll tell you WHO, boys," he added, suddenly turning to his men with a hoarse laugh.

"It ain't even the bank! It's only Jim Stacy, that the bank kicked out yesterday to save itself,--Jim Stacy and his broken-down pals.

And what's the thief doing here--in Marshall's tunnel--the only spot that Marshall can claim?
We ain't no particular friends o' Marshall's, though we're neighbors on the same claim; but we ain't going to see Marshall ousted by tramps.