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He stepped
forward as if he would interfere and make me give the paper back, not
having used it, but I gave him a glassy glare and walked out."
"Then it was he who wrote the warnings."
"Of course, and he knows that I have him dead to rights. That is another
mark against me with the gang."
"Better watch out."
"They can have me if they can get me."


CHAPTER VII.
SONG SHOOTS A WOLF.

Early one morning the broncho boys were startled out of their beds by
the double explosion of a shotgun, followed by excited yells and screams
of agony.
"That Chinaman has shot somebody," thought Ted, as he rapidly skipped
out of bed and pulled on his trousers.
In the living room he met all the boys, as scantily clad as himself,
hurrying out to see what the noise was all about.
They could hear Song behind the house screaming in Chinese at the top of
his voice, and in an ear-splitting falsetto, which showed that he was
tremendously excited.
Thither they rushed, and for a moment the ludicrous scene far
outbalanced the seriousness of what had happened.


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