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She shot a side glance at the man He onderful! The fire of battle had transfor brute she had first known upon the Half, a half-s sword, wielded aardly in his unaccustomed hands, beat down the weapons of his skilled foe attack She saw it pass through abone and muscle as if they had been cheese, until it stopped two-thirds across its victi him aluard in an atteer, and when she had rushed forward to thwart the fellow's design she had seen Byrne swing his ht well have felled an ox Then another leaped into closer quarters and she saw Byrne at the saed devil who looked more Malay than Jap, and as the stricken man fell she saw the hilt of the rip by the dead body of his foe The samurai who had closed upon Byrne at that instant found his eneht he struck full at the broad chest with his long, thin dagger

But Billy Byrne was not to be dispatched so easily With his left forear blade, and then catching the fellow by the shoulder swung hi him above his head hurled hih the narrow doorway

Al in the ranks before Billy Byrne, and with a little gasp of dise fellow pitched forward upon his face At the sa, and Theriere leaped past her to stand across the body of the fallen mucker

With the sound of the shot a samurai sank to the floor, dead, and the others, unaccustoain Theriere fired point-blank into the crowded room, and this time two men fell, struck by the same bullet Once more the warriors retreated, and with an exultant yell Theriere followed up his advantage by charging ly upon them They stood for a moment, then wavered, turned and fled from the hut