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The Frenchman reeled backward a few steps, and toppled over, full length upon the ground. What a cry went up from the onlookers! By this time the sympathies of every one, except Deveaux's own comrades, were with the youth. No one, even a half-civilized savage, at heart likes a coward. For a few moments Pete Deveaux was dazed.
Those rascals have cut the wire braces that support the tail-skid, and it's lopping away over!" Paul's announcement threw his friends into a state of consternation. As they viewed the wire braces, neatly cut with a pair of nippers, they recalled Pete Deveaux's act of whispering in the ear of one of his party just preceding the recent fight, and realized now its full import.
"Don't worry, Deveaux," advised John quickly. "We won't feel bad over a little thing like that." "That your plane over there?" asked the swarthy fellow. "That's it; quite a strong resemblance to yours here," said John with cutting sarcasm. "That's so," was Deveaux's comment, casting a quick look toward Mr. Wrenn.
"It's in the servants' wing," said Cecil, anxious to be off. "To be sure. Stupid ass I am. I say, old chap, here's Deveaux's door. Let's rout him out. We'll need some one to hold the horses if we have to force our way into Shaw's house."
Then his face clouded a little darker, and he blurted out to his men: "You confounded babies, why don't you deny it? You know we didn't do anything on purpose to hold these guys back!" "That's right; we sure didn't," said Sam Lane. "Of course not," added Chuck Crossman. "Wouldn't think of it," interjected Oliver Torrey. Our boys were disgusted by the cringing attitude of Pete Deveaux's cronies.