“Then it will be the worse for you,” said the outlaw vindictively.
What he proposed to do must remain unknown, for as he spoke a hand was thrust into his neckcloth and he was jerked violently to his feet.
CHAPTER XXII
CASTRO TO THE RESCUE
Bewildered and angry, John Fox looked to see who was his assailant. He found himself confronted by a tall, muscular Indian, whom Ernest also recognized as the man whose child he had saved from a watery grave.
“What do you mean by this outrage?” demanded the outlaw angrily.
“Why are you hurting him?” said the Indian, pointing to Ernest.
“Because I choose to.”