[CHAPTER XVIII.]
BELLE DEMONA'S MATCH.
"I have caged him!"
"You?"
"Yes, I have trapped him, but he refused to talk."
"Where is he now?"
"In the second pit."
Merle Macray, who listened to these words from the lips of Belle Demona of Round Robin Ranch, turned a trifle pale, and then said:
"Is he dead?"
"I don't know, but I trust he is."