As
the latter started toward his desk there was a sound at the door, and
Barney Owen came in, breathing heavily.
Barney's eyes lighted when they rested upon the sheriff, for he had not
hoped to see him there. He related to them what had happened at the
Double A that day, and how Dale's men had followed Sanderson and the
others to "wipe them out" if they could.
"That settles it!" declared the sheriff. He was outside in an instant,
running here and there in search of men to form a posse. He found
them, scores of them; for in all communities where the law is
represented, there are men who take pride in upholding it.
So it was with Okar. When the law-loving citizens of the town were
told what had occurred they began to gather around the sheriff from all
directions--all armed and eager. And yet it was long after dusk before
the cavalcade of men turned their horses' heads toward the neck of the
basin, to begin the long, hard ride over the plains to the spot where
Sanderson, Williams, and the others had been ambushed by Dale's men.
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