What's the Man Done?

Mac murdo thought long and deeply over the commission which had been so suddenly placed his hands. The isolated house in which chester wilcox lived was about five miles off in an adjacent valley. That very night, he started off all alone to prepare for the attempt. It was daylight before he returned from his reconnaissance. Next day, he interviewed with his two subordinates,. manders and riley, reckless youngsters who were as elate as if it were a deer hunt. Two nights later, they met outside the town all three armed, and one of them carrying a sack stuffed with the powder which was used in the quarries. They moved forward cautiously with their pistols cocked in their hands