"Oh, Lord! oh, Lord! oh, Lord!" ejaculated Wiggins.
"If that's all you've got to say, you might as well shut up and be hung at once. Two minutes left!"
"Oh! oh! oh!" groaned Perch.
"One minute!"
"Mercy!—mercy!—mercy!" cried Moses.
The man cocked his pistol and elevated it over his head.
"Oh, Lord! oh, Lord! oh, Lord!" screamed Wiggins.
"Hold on!" cried a voice in the crowd.
"What's broke loose?" said the man, lowering his pistol and turning round.
"Here comes the Alcalde!" shouted a number of voices, as a rough fellow, with long hair, galloped up and halted his panting horse in front of the gallows.