“Well, I will promise it to them,” laughed Clark, as he took command.
At once the cavalry set out at full gallop for the hills.
It seemed like a strange fate that guided them almost to the very scene of the conflict.
The firing was heard long before the pass was reached, and Clark hurried his men forward.
He at once threw them into the pass in the rear of Cliff’s gang.
It was an opportune moment, too.
Just as the last cartridge of the vigilants was used the cavalry struck the rear of the cowboy gang.
Instantly a panic seized Cliff’s men. They made a brief stand, and then were driven up a side defile into the hills.
Here they made a stubborn stand.
The cavalry literally cleared the pass, and riding through came into the midst of the vigilants.