They stopped their horses back in the trees, climbed down and quickly tied off their animals. Each man held a can of coal-oil. ‘I’ll go around to the back,’ Strap said quietly. ‘You take the front. Soak everything in sight. When I give you the word, we’ll both set fire at the same time and light out for town. The barn will be fully ablaze before anyone can react.’ ‘Stand where you are!’ The order came in a husky whisper. ‘If either of you even takes a deep breath, I’ll cut you in half!’ Strap and Mugs froze in place and dropped their buckets. Strap lifted his hands. ‘Easy, mister,’ he said. ‘We ain’t looking to get killed.’ Five minutes later Mugs and Strap were trussed up with rope and tied, belly-down, over the saddles of their own horses. ‘It’s downright underhanded to sneak around and set fire to a man’s barn,’ the husky voice told them. Subsequently the phantom assailant unbuckled their belts and pulled their pants down about their ankles.
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