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118 MEZZONI THE BRIGAND. All this Walter discussed within his own breast, not aloud. And so the two cheered each other onward, and were full of hope for the best. Suddenly Walter heard a shout behind them, up among the rocks! They were pursued, and that cry was one of the rob- bers calling to the other. He hastily drew Marion behind the shelter of a rocky projection, and at the same time hid himself from view. “The fellows must have come down the mountain like the wind, to have reached us so quickly as this,”’ he said. “They have come probably by known paths, while we have climbed all the way,” said Marion; ‘“‘that must be the reason.’’ “Very true.’’ ‘“Must we stop here?”’ ‘Hor a few moments.”’ | Walter could see one of the robbers whom he had > left in the cave, now examining the rocks in all di- rections, as he came along, but his companion was not yet in sight ‘“‘T wish I had doubled that dose of morphine, but I did not want to take their lives, if I could help it,” said Walter. The young American was very cool, and was cal- culating exactly how far his Wesson revolver would prove effective. The robber was now nearing them very fast, when Walter realized that it was time to stop his farther progress. It was still with reluc- tance that he took deliberate aim and fired” The robber dropped instantly, at the same time giving a long, peculiar cry to his comrade. This cry he had heard before, and understood its significa- tion to be a call for assistance, |