The charge was murder – and now Tom Holden had big trouble on his hands. First, he'd held off the town bully, big Crogan, and his men single-handedly. Then he announced he would marry Alexa Larrame, beautiful blue-eyed daughter of the wealthiest rancher around – even though he'd never even met her! <P> But now he had a lot more than just a rash promise to live up to. He was being accused of murder in a town where the strong make the laws – and enforce them with bullets! ...
The charge was murder – and now Tom Holden had big trouble on his hands. First, he'd held off the town bully, big Crogan, and his men single-handedly. Then he announced he would marry Alexa Larrame, beautiful blue-eyed daughter of the wealthiest rancher around – even though he'd never even met her! <P> But now he had a lot more than just a rash promise to live up to. He was being accused of murder in a town where the strong make the laws – and enforce them with bullets! ...
When he recovered his senses, it would be difficult to shoot effectively in the dark, for this was not the gloom of night—it was an absolute void, black, thick, impenetrable. She could not make out her hand at the slightest distance from her eyes. He might even attack her from behind and knock the revolver from her hand before she could shoot. Sooner or later the man must die. Even if she did not kill him it would be accomplished by the command of the prince at the end of the three days.
