Part 11 (2/2)
”We did, sir”
”Is it correct?”
”Yes”
”Are you ?”
”We are”
”Where have they gone!”
”I refuse to tell you!”
”Your life depends upon it”
”I don't care I won't betray them”
”Fool! I will count three If you don't anse'll fire!”
”Go ahead!” was the defiant reply
”One!” exclaimed Jack
The two bandits did not flinch
”Two!” sternly cried the inventor
Still the men stubbornly refused to speak
”Three!”
A deathly silence ensued for a moment
Then the weapons in the hands of our friends were discharged
CHAPTER VI
SHADOWING A LONE HORSEMAN
Although there was a tacit understanding a the crew of the Terror to fire over the heads of the two bandits to frighten theined that they were to be shot down in cold blood
It electrified them
An instant before Jack gave the order to fire they plunged their spurs into the flanks of the horses
One aniht and the other to the left
It was done like lightning