“No, you won’t; you’ll come out now.”

“Who made you boss over me?” demanded the fisherman.

“Nobody; but you’ve got to come. Do you see that?”

And he pointed to the gun, which I held to my shoulder.

Carney looked at the weapon, and turned pale.

“Put that down!” he cried.

“Not a bit of it,” I returned. “You have got to do as Ford says. I give you two minutes in which to make up your mind.”

“I won’t come.”

“I think you will.”