CHAPTER XXVIII[ToC]
THE NEW MASTER
Wolf lost no time in demonstrating that he was complete master of the situation.
At nine o'clock next morning two armed guards, whom he had never seen in the house before, entered Norman's room and handed him the first official order of the new regents. The deposed young leader read it with amusement at first, but as his eyes rested on its brief words of command, something of their sinister meaning began to dawn in his mind.
"All citizens of the State of Ventura are ordered to immediately surrender their arms. By order of
"Herman Wolf,
"Regent."
Norman looked at the revolvers in the holsters of the guards and dryly remarked: