Mrs. Byram tried to plead with the mob; but they pushed her aside without ceremony as they shouted:
"We'll show them at the store how we deal with spies and traitors."
"We've got the rope and the sneak, now we only need two or three of the bosses to fix the thing up brown."
"Do you suppose they really mean to hang him?" Fred asked in a tone of awe, and Sam replied sadly:
"I'm afraid they will. Billings always was down on him, and the men are so excited as to hardly know what they are about, so anything is possible."
CHAPTER X
THE RESCUE
The capture of Brace seemed to inflame the passions of the mob, and not even while the buildings were being sacked was the town in such a state of excitement.