"Sick! We'll sick 'im! Tell 'im t' come out, or we'll snake 'im out by the heels." The crowd laughed. The worst elements of the saloons surrounded the two half-savage men. It was amusing to them to see the woman face them all in that way.
"Where's McPhail?" Vance inquired, anxiously. "Somebody find McPhail."
"Stand out o' the way!" snarled Barney, as he pushed the struggling woman aside.
The wife raised her voice to that wild, animal-like pitch a woman uses when desperate.
"I sha'n't do it, I tell you! Help!"
"Keep out o' my way, or I'll wring y'r neck f'r yeh."
She struggled with him, but he pushed her aside and entered the room.
"What's goin' on here?" called the ringing voice of Andrew McPhail, who had just driven up with Link.
Several of the crowd looked over their shoulders at McPhail.