He fired.
The man who received the shot gave a scream and fell to the ground, shot through the heart.
Nick fired another shot; another yell gave evidence that this one had also hit the mark.
Nick had forgotten the man that he had sent to the ground with a smash when he was first attacked.
The fellow had revived and was creeping up on Nick, when, suddenly, there was a blinding flash, and the outlaw dropped to the ground a charred and shapeless mass.
It was the work of Providence.
Once more had right triumphed.
CHAPTER XLI.
THE STRANGE FARMER.
Hall and his comrades were panic-stricken; they could not seem to realize what had happened.
It was an instant before Nick fully realized the danger that had threatened him.