1880 King of the Western

Chapter 131

"In addition, I just went to the front landing point to try again, still no response, it is likely that the other six people plus the initial reception personnel have been killed."

"We would have arranged for some of them to infiltrate the Van Bilt Estate as receptionists, but that is out of the question now."

'I've decided to stick to the plan, and tomorrow we'll go around the farm and look for suitable shooting points, and shoot them at a distance. What do you think, Jim and John?'

Jim and John looked at each other, and Jim said, "No problem. You're the captain. I follow your orders."

'We've all had more difficult times,' said John, 'and the more difficult it is, the more we'll kill Henry -- if he's the one who's doing all the work for our mates and for Alston.'

Jacob grinned and said, "Then we will go to Van Bilt Hill early tomorrow morning to choose the ambush point, then Jim is responsible for the guard, John is responsible for receiving, and I will snipe, and the intelligence gi