The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 172: what you’re looking at

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THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. | 163 CHAPTER XXI. AT BAY. I have no intention of allowing this mad adven- turer to accomplish what his words would indicate his purpose to be. My life is just as valuable to meas that of any oe man, no matter what his position, and I do not care to have it puffed out simply because a villain whom I have brought to bay in the midst of his » wicked schemes chooses to believe that by extin- guishing me, he may have a better chance to exist. On the contrary I feel that if any one has to die it had better be Andrews, since he is a nuisance to the community at large, an excresence on the tree of life. That is the prime reason why I have come to this meeting armed and equipped, and ready to defend | myself to the last. While Andrews is uttering these wild words he is fumbling in the drawer of a table that stands between us, and from this I understand that the revolver has been hidden there. I see him clutch something and draw it out, and the mere glimpse I am allowed tells me he has secured. the weapon. With a sudden dextrous sweep of my left hand, I manage to send the revolver out of his grasp. It flies across the room and falls to the floor without exploding. preys sinks back in his chair with a gasp of “<-C€omicboo cS