Now is the time. You've come to the end."
"Oh, I don't know," said Ted coolly. "I'm a long ways from a dead one
yet. Be careful what you do. This six-shooter of mine is mighty
sensitive on the trigger."
He heard a soft, swishing noise behind him, and knew that Bud was
lowering the rope again. As he thrust his gun forward into the face of
Shan Rhue, the bully backed away a few feet.
At that moment the rope swung down in front of his face, and, hastily
putting his revolver into his pocket, Ted grasped it and went sailing up
into the air hand over hand, assisted by Bud and Carl, who were pulling
on the rope for all they were worth.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE ALTERED BRAND.
As Ted went up into the air, Shan Rhue shouted a command, and the white
men in the Hole in the Wall ran to him.
"That boy must not get to the top," he shouted. "I want him."
"What will we do?" asked one of them.
"Here, Sol Flatbush, you are the best shot of us all. See if you can't
bring him down. But don't shoot him.
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