"We're friends," hailed that same voice from northward. "Who are you over to the westward? Who commands there?"
"Sergeant Oliver Terry, United States Army," Noll called back.
"Good for you, Sergeant! Stay in command. We'll back up any move you make," came from northward.
"Do you rascally prowlers surrender?" called Noll.
"It's about the only thing that seems left to do," sullenly admitted the leader of the invaders.
"Then hold up your hands and step away from those rifles," ordered Noll.
That command was obeyed, except by the man whose head had been battered by Hal's flying revolver.
"Have they any other weapons, Hal?" called Sergeant Noll.
"So far as I know they haven't," Sergeant Hal answered.
"You to the north!" called Noll.