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In one swift glance Myra saw that the stranger had a pistol clutched in

his right hand, but that Don Carlos had a grip on theto prevent his antagonist froain, and even as she did so Don

Carlos, by soot the armed man's elbow across his

knee, there was a howl of pain, and the pistol dropped fro Don Carlos released his grip, ot it, then leapt to his feet

"Now lie where you are, you swine, or I'll kill you," he snarled

breathlessly

"Blast you! You've brokenin agony "Blast you! Don't shoot I surrender

Oh, Gawd! my arm! I wish I'd killed you, da open, lights had been

switched on, and scared women and startled men had appeared in the

corridors fro to know the cause of

the uproar Tony, in a suit of purple pyjamas, and with his sandy hair

on end, was almost the first on the scene

"What's up? What's happened? Who's this fellow?" he asked

breathlessly "A burglar? Have you shot him, Carlos?"

"No, I think I have merely dislocated his elbow," Don Carlos answered,