You cannot keep me away from the place
in which you have hidden her. I shall find her if she is at the end of
the earth. When I do find her, if anything has harmed her, you, Shan
Rhue, gambler, thief, and murderer, shall pay for it, and pay heavier
than for any amusement you have had in all your miserable lying,
thieving career."
As the epithets addressed to Shan Rhue left Ted's lips, the bully sprang
back, and made a motion to draw his six-shooter.
But before he had his hand on his hip his eyes were looking into the
bore of Ted's forty-four. Instead of drawing a gun, therefore, he pulled
out his handkerchief and wiped his dry lips.
Shan Rhue feared Ted Strong.
"Remember," said Ted, before turning away, "I know that you have
spirited Stella Fosdick away. But I shall find her, and when I am sure
of it you better leave the country before I reach the place where you
are, for as sure as I am standing here I will make my previous
experience with you so tame that you will be glad to crawl in the dust
on your face to be forgiven.
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