"I haven't the least doubt but that I will," was the calm retort.
"Well, jest see how mistaken you'll be. I'm goin' ter be ther one what will kill yer! Do yer understand that?"
CHAPTER IX.
ARIETTA ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE.
At a word from Snivel Young Wild West was dragged along through the big cave to a place that was almost directly opposite to the entrance.
The light that was admitted through the cracks in the front was sufficient for our hero to see that it was another passage that he was being taken to.
He had heard the villain in command of the men say that he was to be taken outside and put in the hole until the leader came, but just what that meant he did not know.
He was destined to find out very soon, however, for the passage did not extend many feet.
A sharp turn in it and he saw a natural hollow, with steep walls of rock on either side, right before him.
It looked very much like the pass, but he knew it could not be, for they would not take him out there again.