“Will you?”

Huston produced his revolver.

“Take care of yourself,” he said. “I’ve got you covered; back or you are a dead man.”

Mole came to the rescue.

He too flourished a revolver, which he presented at Hunston’s head.

“No, you don’t!” he cried. “I’m an old man, but I can hit a mark.”

Hunston hesitated.

“What you do to him, I will do to you,” continued Mole.

“Shoot if you dare.”

The odds were against Hunston.