Brothers on the Trail — Max Brand

TWO MINUTES FROM HELL

To stay inside that flaming ranchhouse meant death. To brace the wall of guns outside was the same thing. But even faced with these desperate choices, Bert Willard knew a wild, soaring feeling of triumph.

For Willard had believe himself to be a coward. But to save his reckless kid brother from the vengeance of the Loomis gang, Bert had roared into battle again.

Though Loomis would do his worst, Bert Willard no long cared. If he had to die -- he'd die fighting…