"You will surrender, and that unconditionally, or we will riddle you with bullets!" was the threat. "You have now cancelled any obligation I may have been under."
"If I surrender at all, it will be under conditions," rejoined Dick. "We will make terms, or I will fight it out to the death."
"It will be to your death, then, not mine."
"Don't be too sure of that."
"You are not armed."
"No?"
"No, you are not."
"Do you want me to show you? You present a fine target there where you stand."
There were five men in the company, four besides the captain, and those four sprang to cover instantly, lest a shot might find them.
Captain Joaquin laughed.