The tie was made!
Charlie carefully cleaned his gun and prepared for the trial.
Frank was congratulated by his friends.
It was agreed that the shoot-off should be to see who could make the most points out of a possible hundred.
In the choice to see who should shoot last Frank felt that he was fortunate, as he had secured that privilege.
Indian Charlie was ready, and he took his stand. Then he proceeded to break fifty balls without a miss.
Then, to the astonishment of all, Charlie missed the next ball.
That angered him, and he uttered a smothered exclamation. His anger did him harm, for he missed again.
The foreman of the Lone Star stopped to swab out his gun and cool off. He realized that it would not do to continue shooting till his nerves were perfectly steady.
When he started in once more he seemed to smash the balls with greater ease than before, and he made seventy-eight out of a possible eighty.