"Where can Red be?" breathed Scotty.
"Asleep, probably," returned Shaw.
But scarce had the words left their lips than the scouts were made aware of their falsity.
With yells, bloodcurdling in their ferocity, the outlaw and Pedro leaped upon the backs of Shaw and Jennings, respectively, carrying them to the ground, while Rosie, boring the muzzles of her six shooters into Scotty's back, hissed:
"Move a muscle, and I'll pump your carcass full of lead!"
CHAPTER IV.
JENNINGS' ATTEMPT ON RED'S LIFE IS FOILED.
So utterly unexpected was the attack that neither Jennings nor Shaw were able to resist as they were borne to the ground.
Their anger, however, at being tricked by the notorious outlaw a second time—for that their captors were none other than Red Rogers and his band the scouts did not need to be told—gave the frenzy of fury to their strength and they grappled with their assailants desperately.