"T-trip it!" gasped the leader of the outlaws frantically, "I—I've st-tabbed it."
Again his men sprang forward.
Yet before they could carry out their master's instructions, the bear fell, its embrace unbroken.
Not long did it take the bandits to extricate their chief from his uncomfortable position.
But as they raised him to his feet, they heard the sound of hoarse, excited voices in the outer cave.
"The bucks have come back!" hissed Texas Jack.
"No, no Injun! Um paleface sojers!" gasped Dew Drop in consternation. "No Injun come Kaw-Kaw cave."
A DESPERATE CHARGE.