"
"I know you did," said the boy imperturbably.
"You go on to school," said another of the men, but the boy with
the cap shook his head and dropped his books to the ground. The
big gate opened just then and out came Hale and the sergeant, and
between them young Dave--his eyes blinking in the sunlight.
"Damn ye," he heard Dave say to Hale. "I'll get even with you fer
this some day"--and then the prisoner's eyes caught the horses and
shotguns and turned to the group of Falins and he shrank back
utterly dazed. There was a movement among the Falins and Devil
Judd caught up his other pistol and with a grim smile got ready.
Young Buck had turned to his crowd:
"Men," he said, "you know I never back down"--Devil Judd knew
that, too, and he was amazed by the words that followed-"an' if
you say so, we'll have him or die; but we ain't in our own state
now. They've got the law and the shotguns on us, an' I reckon we'd
better go slow."
The rest seemed quite willing to go slow, and, as they put their
pistols up, Devil Judd laughed in his beard. Hale put young Dave
on a horse and the little shotgun cavalcade quietly moved away
toward the county-seat.
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