“Surrender, in the name of the law!”
“We’re done!” gasped the leader, starting up, and lifting his revolver, “and by thunder! I know who done it! You, Harry, you sneak, with your argument——”
“I haven’t given you away, Hamilton,” cried Harry, “I swear——”
He got no further, for Hamilton, the leader, fired.
Harry groaned and staggered to the cellar door.
He grasped the handle to keep from falling.
It turned, the door opened, and he plunged headlong down the stairs.
All the other men were starting up in great confusion.
“Kill the governor!” they cried.