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He tried to get away, but I held on to hiht

desperately, and for so, and hanging on to each other with all the fury of bitter

eneled up again though,

and held on with the stubbornness of a bull-dog

Then being stronger than I he swung ainst the trunk of one of the trees, but the more he hurt me the more

angry I grew, and held on, striking at hirinding his teeth as he struggled with ht my feet in a currant bush, for even then I could tell

it by the smell, and doent

But not alone I held on to hio!" he cried hoarsely, as he struckon all the htly he called out to

his companion, who had taken no farther part in the fray: "Here, Phil, Phil Come on, you sneak"

I felt as if I had been stunned Not by his blow, but by his words, as

for the first ti noise on ; but

I let rievous ing on to Courtenay, he was holdingin his breath he raised himself a little, raised one hand and