Kirby, with a revolver in each hand, placed himself before it. It would avail nothing. But a man must needs fight to the end. And the end was now.Two days later Stone left the town. He took the train for California, and his wife and children went with him. He was a rich man by many an evil means, and it was no real hardship that had been worked him, as Cairness well knew.Landor asked eagerly what he had answered.The shadow was swallowed up in darkness. The candle had been blown out, and Landor came back to the fire.