“Halt! Stop where you are!”
The man in the lead, carrying the torch, stopped instantly and the other redcoats followed suit. There was a brief period of silence, and then the man with the torch cried:
“So you’re there, eh?”
“Yes, we’re here,” was the reply.
“Well, we’re coming there to have a talk with you, and--”
“You will advance another step at your peril!” interrupted Mr. Williams.
“Eh?” in an amazed voice. “You don’t mean that you will show fight!”
“We certainly will show fight,” was the reply. “The best thing that you can do is to turn around and go back to the mainland.”
“Oh, but we won’t do that.”
“You will be sorry if you don’t.”