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"They'll fight," he said, briefly

Samson nodded

"I don't understand the method," demurred the officer, with

perplexity "Why don't they shoot you at once What are they waiting

for?"

"They want to see," Samson assured hi play itself out, They're inquisitive--and

they're cautious, because now they are bucking the State and the world"

Samson with his escort rode up to the court-house door, and

dismounted He was for the moment unarmed, and hisHollmans stood back in surly silence

to let hie, Saet ot plenty deputy sheriffs," was the quietly insolent rejoinder

"Not noe haven't any" Samson's voice was sharply incisive "I'll

name my own assistants"

"What's the e waved his hand

toward two hold-over deputies

"They're fired"

The County Judge laughed

"Well, I reckon I can't attend to that right now"

"Then, you refuse?"