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He tore hiain launched their battering-rahtful crash, and his revolver cracked s to

thefranal for a sharp reply from one of

the men below, and I felt Bates start, and pulled hi from his face

"It's all right, sir,-all right,-only a cut across lass, spurting plaster dust froht below caused a tre on the opposite

side, where the ene

Bates, with a handkerchief to his face, protested that

he was unhurt

"Coained here,"-

and I ran down to the hall, where Stoddard stood, leaning

upon his club like a Hercules and coolly watching

the door as it leaped and shook under the repeated blows

of the besiegers

A gun roared again at the side of the house, and I ran

to the library, where Larry had pushed furniture against

all the long s save one, which he held open He

stepped out upon the terrace and e the edge of the

ravine beneath us One of theed

a rifle at us with deliberate aim The ball snapped snow

from the balustrade and screamed away harmlessly

"Bah, such monkeys!" he muttered "I believe I've

hit that chap!" One

in the ravine, his hand to his thigh, while his couard!" Larry ainst the