if Jim has a crowd back of him things won't go our way when it come
to the shooting."

"Let's start it before Ferrers's party gets here," growled another
of the sullen ones.

"We would be tracked down and shot at by Ferrers and a crowd,"
argued the leader. "Things are too warm for us here, just now.
In a case like this remember that a fellow lasts longer when
he does his shooting from ambush and at his own time. We won't
let this Dunlop crowd fool us out of our rights, but we'll have
to choose a better time---and fight from ambush at that."

It was soon plain that this view prevailed among the quartette.
As they turned to move away, the leader remarked:

"We'll leave you for a while, Dunlop, but don't image you've won.
Don't get any notion that you'll ever win. You'll hear from us
again."

"And you'll hear a plenty as long as your hearing remains good,"
snarled another of the men.

The four disturbers, turning their backs, started down the sloping
trail.

"Oh, but I'm glad we've seen the last of them!" shuddered one
of the women of the Dunlop party.

"Don't be deceived into thinking that the last has been seen of