"Now, if you'll let me take the lead I'll bring him down in short order," said the captain of the seventh company of the Riverlawns.
"All right, do as you please," answered the Michigan captain, and Artie nodded in approval.
Advancing on foot to a tree directly behind the barn, Life called out to Gossley,—
"Are you coming down, Gossley?"
"Not much."
"You had better give yourself up. We are about fifty to one, you know."
"I won't give myself up. You'll hang me as you hung Williams and Peter. I'm going to die game."
"Wouldn't you rather be hung than burnt alive?" went on Life, coolly.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean that if you won't come down and surrender, we'll burn you out."