Fast and furious raged the battle.
Then, of a sudden, Great Bear shouted a command.
With one accord, the bucks whirled and ran for the farther side of the cliff.
And, while some of his men pursued them, Jesse hurried to Comanche Tony and slashed the bonds with his bowie-knife.
THE FLIGHT FROM THE CLIFF.
As the severed cords of rawhide dropped about his feet, Comanche Tony leaped from the tree to which he had been tied, swinging his arms like a flail.
"By my scalp! it feels good to be able to move 'em," he declared. "I begun to think I'd never git the chance to use 'em again. I ain't never been bound afore.
"You come jest in the nick of time, Jess. An' perhaps the old battle cry didn't sound good to my ears."