“Ye haven’t, eh?”
“No.”
“Wall, I’ll show ye.”
With a curse the villain strove to carry out his threat; but Frank hung on to his grip well.
Backward and forward they swayed in a severe test of muscular strength.
Frank Reade, Jr., was not a heavy man, but extremely quick and muscular. He managed to hold his own.
Suddenly voices were heard in the distance, and lights flashed.
Frank knew at once that the greasers were coming that way, and he understood well the result.
If they should come up while in struggle thus, his fate would be sealed.
They would no doubt kill him on the spot.