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A howl of rage went up froe toward Theriere One of the weapons transfixed his thigh, bringing hie as the Frenchh, itnessed the catastrophe

"Stop!" she cried "Mr Theriere is down"

The mucker halted, and turned his head in the direction of the French at the advancing eneirl to her feet

"Wait here!" he co back toward Theriere

Before he reached hi hi rapidly upon the wounded officer--it was a question ould reach hi his revolver It lay beside hies Thethe weapon fro Japanese Four of them went down before that deadly fusillade; but the mucker cursed beneath his breath because of his two misses

Byrne's stand checked the brownlull the man lifted the unconscious Frenchman to his shoulder and bore hile they laid hihtful wound in his chest must prove fatal within a few moments

Byrne, apparently unmoved by the seriousness of Theriere's condition, ree belt and buckled it about his oaist, replacing the six empty shells in the revolver with six fresh ones Presently he noticed the bound and gagged Oda Iseka lying in the brush behind them where he and Theriere had left hie A sudden inspiration came to the mucker

"Didn't I hear youse chewin' de rag wit de Chinks wen I hit de duirl, oddly, understood him She nodded her head, affiro den, eh?"

"A little"

"Tell dis gazimbat to wise his pals to de fact dat I'll croak 'iet-away Theriere says as how he's kink when his ole uy youse put to sleep in de chicken coop," explained the mucker lucidly; "so dis slob's kink hisself now"