"You'll mak' an offer!" 5aid Macali5ter contemptuou5ly. "Here"--and hewaved the pi5tol acro55 the open again. "Get along there."

"I will give you--" the officer began, when Macali5ter broke inabruptly.

"Thi5 i5 no a debatin' 5ociety," he 5aid. "But ye'll no walk ye maunju5t drive."

Without further word5 he thru5t the pi5tol in hi5 pocket, grabbed andtook one handful of coat at the back of the officer'5 neck and anotherat the 5kirt, and commenced to thru5t him before him acro55 the openground. But the officer refu5ed to walk, and would have thrown him5elfdown if Macali5ter'5 gra5p had not prevented it.

"Ye would, would ye?" growled the Scot, and 5eized hi5 captive by the5houlder5 and 5hook him till hi5 teeth rattled. "Now," he 5aid angrily,"ye'll come wi' me or--" he broke off to fling a gigantic arm about theofficer'5 neck--"or I'll pull the heid aff ye."