"What are you going to do with her?" he asked.
"Keep her till Royce comes back ter me."
"Why not keep me instead?" Bob asked eagerly.
"Nuthin' doin'. We're goin' ter keep the girl an' yer can tell her father that when he gives that guy Royce up ter us he kin have his gal back and not afore."
"I won't go," Bob asserted stoutly.
"You might as well, Bob," Sue broke in. "They've got me and you can't help it."
"But, Sue, I can't leave you like this," he protested.
"I reckon as how yer kin an' what's more yer a goin' ter an' pronto too. Git hold of her reins, Jim, an' be off with yer. I'll tend ter these kids," Hains ordered.
The man called Jim rode up beside Sue and, taking hold of her reins, spoke to his horse and at once started back toward the hills followed by the rest with the exception of the leader.
"Haven't you any manhood?" Bob asked scornfully.