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Chapter 21

           Bothwerelookinginwardsintothesaloon,wherenosoundcouldbeheardsavethetickingofaclock.Theirattitudestoldoftheirreadinesstoenterit,andthattheywereonlyrestrainedbywaitingforsomepreconcertedsignal.

           Thattheirpurposewasaseriousonecouldbededucedfromseveralcircumstances.Bothwereintheirshirtsleeves,hatless,andstrippedofeveryragthatmightformanimpedimenttoaction;whileontheirfaceswasthestampofsterndeterminationalikelegibleintheattitudestheyhadassumed.

           Buttherewasnofinereflectionneededtodiscovertheirdesign.Thestranger,chancingtocomeintothesquare,couldhaveseenataglancethatitwasdeadly.Thepistolsintheirhands,cockedandtightlyclutched;thenervousenergyoftheirattitudes;thesilenceofthecrowdofspectators;andtheconcentratedinterestwithwhichthetwomenwereregarded,proclaimedmoreemphaticallythanwords,thattherewasdangerinwhattheyweredoinginshort,thattheywereengagedinsomesortofastrife,withdeathforitsprobableconsummation!

           Soitwasatthatmomentwhenthecrisishadcome.Theduellistsstood,eachwitheyeintentuponthedoor,bywhichhewastomakeentranceperhapsintoeternity!Theyonlywaitedforasignaltocrossthethreshold;andengageinacombatthatmustterminatetheexistenceofoneortheotherperhapsboth.

           Weretheylisteningforthatfatalformulary:Onetwofire?

           No.Anothersignalhadbeenagreedupon;anditwasgiven.

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