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The man balked as well as the horse "The darowled in response Then it

was that first the thought caht be done to save

thehast with the horror of it He was essentially a

ood fighter

at bay, but there was in his heart, along with strength, utter good-will

and gentleness toward all his kind He only wished to go his way in

peace, and for those whoo in peace, but that had been

denied hiure

remained motionless on the driveway He knew him from the first It

sounded sensational, his recapitulation of his knowledge, but it was

entirely true It was that awful truth, which is past human belief,

which no man dares put into fiction That man out there had been from

his birth a distinct power for evil upon the face of the earth He had

menaced all creation, so far as one personality may menace it He was a

force of ill, a erous,

because of a subtlety and resource which had kept him immune from the

law He outstripped the lahose blood-hounds had no scent keen enough

for him He had broken the law, but always in such a way that there was

not, and never could be, any proof There had not been even suspicion

There had been knowledge on Gordon's part, and Mrs Swing's, but

knowledge without proof is more helpless than suspicion with it The ain Gordon thought he heard the nearing trot of a horse, and again the

dog growled Gordon was not quite sure that time that a horse had not