Peg Tatem, throwing his weight on the clumsy piece of wood that did duty as a leg, made an almost unbelievable leap towards Tom Gray and brought his club-cane down with all the powerful strength that the man possessed. "I'll kill ye fer that!" raged the foreman of Forty-three as his club descended. Tom leaped back and the stick hit the ground instead of the mark that it was intended to reach.