Flaming Irons Author:Max Brand Les Tarron rode stright down the road; but before he had gone half a mile he heard the telltale drum of horses' hoofs before him. A moment later, he saw a compact body of riders, eleven men, all well armed. It took Tarron's breath to see such a mustering of armed forces against him. He was starving, weak and worn out. For two days he had gua... more »rded the steel box they had killed his friend for. And now they meant to murder him for it. Les Tarron didn't care to look to the future. The present was all that mattered. Now, with only two guns and luck he had to battle those eleven men alone!« less