"
"I am a gentleman."
"You must fight me all the same."
"I can see," said Oscar, "you men are a gang of confidence men--robbers.
You have inveigled me here to rob me. I will not be robbed. I will yell
for the police."
One of the men aimed a revolver at our hero and said:
"Open your mouth to utter one cry and you are a dead man."
"You men dare to threaten me?"
"Yes, we dare to threaten. You shall not betray us."
"Aha! I see my conclusions are correct. You are thieves and fear
betrayal."
"We only fear being belied by a rascal like you. We're all gentlemen; we
have reputations. We do not desire to rest under a false imputation of
being gamblers. Now then you have one chance. Tell us just who you are
and your purpose and we may spare you; otherwise--" The man stopped.
"What will you do otherwise?"
"Kill you."
"See here; you men cannot double-bank me. I am not here to be robbed. I
see through this farce. You rascals cannot scare me."
"Hear!" exclaimed one of the men. "He is insulting."
"Yes, he has insulted every one of us. He must fight."
Oscar laughed and asked:
"Do you wish me to fight the whole gang?"
"Hear him! he denominates us 'the gang'!"
"Certainly, you are a gang of thieves. I can see that I have been
inveigled in here.
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