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Hung has had anything TO do with
this q"
Pennington rose to his feet.
az don't know what to think. it's
knocked me pretty hard"
what are you going to do?"
"Carfy-on," said Pennington with
a touch of bitterness.
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Dawson, f1attened down against
the rock, barely a hundred PAGES
from the main objective, sal the
seventh round send a wall topping
drunkenly inward.
Good mani" he mnrmured exult.
ant1y, then CROPPED for his rife. -Four
more rounds followed in quicker sue
cession, and the d. o. rubbed his fat
hands together. Chai-Hung's lair
was crumplins from It's very founda.
tions. One main wall of enormous
boulders stood alone behind a heap
of ruins and he guessed that this re-
naming rampant sheltered ell that
was left of the bandits followers. To
all intenta and purposes the day wGs
won.
And then, as he brought his gaze
back to the wall, he saw a figure
standing very erect on its summit; a
man OF enormous proportions in q
white drill tunic and baggy SILK
trousers. He did not need the. assist
ance OF binoculars to recognize Chai-
Hung. !
Within a matter of seconds, a Sec
ond form had joined him, pushed
from below by Unseen hande. In q
flash there dawned upon him the
meaning of that maneuver Of the
- l1.,~. 49, tAa a AhAf lad hrnkL
en- through. carrying something sluns
from a pikul.
His senses reeled.
For Gods sake stop that damned
gunl" he caught himself screaming
| aloud, writhing in the agony of his
impotence. He jammed his fingers
in his ears and tried in vain to draw
his eyes from the girl who, bound
hand and foot, just balancing on the
jagged surface OF rock, looked death
in the face unfiinchingly.
He had always admired Monica,
had even cherished hopes of her
himself, until Pennington had
stepped in. The sight of her stand
ing there by the side of Chai-Hung
maddened him. He tried to collect
his thoughts and, as he did SO, the
real significance of that solitary ram
| part was borne upon him. Clay had
| told him after their first attack that
behind the rude fortress was a sheer
| drop of eight hundred feet. Her
| presence there was a warning TO
Pennington to cease FIRE.
He wriggled into the shelter OF the
next boulder ahead, conscious only
! of a desire to do something. Twenty
| yards from the wall, he realized that
the firing had stopped. As he
| watched HIS opportunity to scramble
! Under the wall itself, his eye caught
a second figure far TO his right, a
short, swarthy scarecrow with a
long knife between his teeth.
"Rabat-Piiaii The creature passed
out of sight and Dawson lay veryI
| still while all around reigned a si-
lence hat tugged at his nerve
| strings. The sun beat mercilessly
down on him and he shifted his bat
tered topee back over the nape OF
his neck, wondering all the time
what Chai-Hung's next move would
be.
Suddenly. from their own lines. a
| single rife shot rang out. The mar
on the wall clapped a hand to his
side, then swung his arm forward as
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ward.
Dawson cursed the fellow under
\ his breath. 1t was sheer madness to
pick off the bandit for he stood so
| close to the girl that the faintest
touch must assuredly carry her with
him.
A rock, ~dislodged from somewhere
slid into space, and two hands APP
peared on the wall, inches only from
| where the girl stood. Impelled irons
| behind, she slid forward with a little
scream into the ruins and Chalt
Hung turned with a snarl upon
Chinese Pennington. He had dis
carded his sling, but Dawson could
| see that his wounded arm panied
himed him greatly.
He hit Chai-Hung with all the
force he could muster, o~ver-balanced
with the sheer force of impact-and
the two men disappeared together
into the abyss.
As IL at a given signal, the attack
ing force rose and advanced at the
double; but Dawson, anxious only
| for the safety of Monica and his best