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ma 4 a *) 74 ty 1 ie | juarters.”. oly oie But this the enemy did ata mean, are ae at - once. he ) Having expended some useless powder d lea 1, th ney a wn ceased firing and vanished. But it would, have un ag madness to suppose they had gone for good. Th 1 were forty of them at least, the entire force left in Lucia’s command, and they could see that they hat “y ing “ i Erait the coming of theenemy. Jim kept watch with mn up on is. face just above the crest of. the stone wall of on For: a spell he saw nothing but the rocks anda . ri Sot sky. ak he had not hake to wait. On on wered him with the rifle and pulled the trigger. is - © Ay on very small body to contend with, What they did do was to leave shout dozen shar ‘4 ~ ; v Os ef n% aaas a debate, came creeping along lh the: heaele | oe Rie party was commanded by Vamos, the other by Lucia 4% in person. i tei : Anticipating some such movement, bay was on tho — a watch. He backed to the opening between the semi- RY a circles of stones where he had sat watching for the | es CHAPTER: CLXXIII,. ‘THE ATTACK AND THE DEFENCE. ITHOUT a cry the man threw up his. arms and fell in a_ heap. His fall was followed by. a silence that seemed to be of many minutes’ duration. But it was only a matter of moments. Then arose a % hoarse _ shouting 1 rom the other side of the rocks, and several heads, ay raised, came into view. The defenders dawn, and lying down, peered round just as Les ha | appeared about two hundred yards up the beach. “ae ti be) She was walking erect, and coming round the cae By Aad 3 % ire BRIM. were her men, who were in a stooping attitude, holding their guns horizontally, Mee Jim could have shot her, but he had not the ened seine Ne to do it. She was a woman, and he could not have | Ne * wantonly killed the most miserable of the sex, much Aya Wee J he less one who, with all her faults, was as. brave as. sho a iy was beautiful. ee a Bee Lying where he was, Jim was not perceived, 80. he had a fair chance of shooting, and taking aim at one an ‘ of the men almost immediately behind Lucia, he fired. ae He saw the man fall and roll over and over, clutching PAs ha the sands in a frenzied manner in his terror and agony. — 28 But Lucia was not dismayed. She called upon. her | “ men to follow, and there was an answering shout from tite ny the opposite quarter. - | Oia nh le e Be stitions Pade for defence, they shonted Seth. aS lying close, opened fire. _ But they could do no harm, for the rocks were not “ Heaven help us now!” cried Ji Without help he feared that the last seme had come and would go against him. He dashed back fe to his men, and called upon them to be prepared. “And load, you two niggers, for your lives po he said. | ? j “ot sufficient elevation to enable them to fire direct “ = the enclosure. The bullets struck the stones of the iene during the next fink ues Si im, Sleaue ad | Changeling fired alternately at the two approaching _ Hey, is } bodies of the foe. : ¢- 2) py | ‘They came along more slowly than ole! have ee ne ha, expected, for the men were constantly taking advan-_ a tage of every little hollow among the rocks to hide themselves, from which retreats they had to be drawn by hard words from Lucia and blows from Vamos. : ae Several of their number feil, but still they came on, | ee. “ Hasten !” Lucia cried, in a voice that was | eed: ' yy far away. “One dash at them ann ane bie 1s spare ae Hoole there are but three of them!” — ‘ox a é ‘ om: remain silent might give ah ice aa goucue and cae im set an example by springing up, ee rapid aim ‘ i weapon. The man howled out z a Snes and grasped ie ihis leg eouv sively. =u _. “Hit, anyway,” muttered Jim. 4 at Cie and Changeling also fired, but only one of --them hit aman. They were not certain who was the bee fortunate one. Hamlet then fired straight into the alr, i and was promptly told to lay down his weapon. ‘Uae ge ng & ith baer 16. miles being loaded, raee had Hand Hs do. but: ua “ Pa eae for ‘them ee : a it is wasting good BOCs and shot, di hee Jim. | base Ry. 15 ~* fees bee a ponent =. BAUS, and. then