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Wild Bill took a step forward. His back was to his companion, and, while he was peering into the bushes, he heard a hasty step behind him.

He started to turn; and, at that precise instant, a heavy blow, dealt with some hard instrument, landed on the back of his head.

He staggered, but, with a fierce effort, rallied all his strength, and turned around. In the darkness he saw the yellow duster pressing upon him. It was Smith, and Smith was about to land another treacherous blow.

Wild Bill’s head was reeling, but he had sense enough left to understand that he had made some sort of a mistake, and that Smith was other than he had seemed.

Evading the blow aimed at him, the Laramie man gripped Smith by the throat. Ultimately, in spite of his unsteady condition, Wild Bill might have got the best of his antagonist had not Clancy taken a part in the struggle.

The latter plunged through the bushes and assaulted Wild Bill from behind.

At Clancy’s second blow, Wild Bill’s reason fled, and he dropped helplessly on the rocks.