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Zinn fell behind, leaving Bug in charge. The men swiftly turned the upper corner of the mill just as the door was slammed and bolted in their faces. Hocker began to kick savagely and wrench the handle. "That won't do any good," exclaimed Zinn, as he reached the spot. "I made a strong job of that door, and it will take more than a little to break it down.
Série, ii. pp. 427-429. Op. cit. pp. 428 sq. H. Dessau, Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, vol. ii. Pars i. É. Hublard, op. cit. p. 39, quoting Dom Grenier. M. Desgranges, "Usages du Canton de Bonneval," Mémoires de la Société Royale des Antiquaires de France, i. A. de Nore, op. cit. p. 302. N. Hocker, op. cit. pp. 89 sq.; W. Mannhardt, l.c.
Myself, I liked the story, but Hocker, who was a Fifth Form boy, voicing our little public, said it was rot, so far, and that I had got to hurry up and finish things rightly. "But that is all," I told them. "No, it isn't," said Hocker. "She's got to marry the Prince in the end. He'll have to kill the Dragon again; and mind he does it properly this time.
Moxley's rage was so violent that Bug prudently retreated to the bushes. The ruffian kept up his abuse and called Bug all manner of vile names until he was compelled to stop for sheer want of breath. Bug came down to Hocker and Jeffries and stood before them. "Look here," he said hoarsely, "what that rascal says ain't true at least the most of it ain't.
"It's a hard blow for Daddy," said one of the fishermen, "an' the same in fact fur all of us, I reckon. I've been brung up from a lad in the full belief that Rudy's Hole were well nigh bottomless." "And I," "and I," cried half a dozen voices. "It will be most amazin' news to the whole community," said Mose Hocker, "an' mebbe it'll teach folks to investigate things.
Hocker and Jeffries rushed precipitately from the mill to head them off, while the farmer insanely attempted to check the conflagration by tramping through the débris that was burning here and there on the floor. The whole affair had taken place in a very few seconds, and Ned was at first so dazed by the confusion and the flames that he was quite incapable of doing anything.
He little dreamed that the most exciting incidents of this already eventful night were yet to come. "We had better cross to the neck of land in your boat, Hocker," suggested Zinn. "The plank over that sluiceway makes a lot of racket, and the scoundrel may hear us and slip away." This happy idea was carried out. The entire party embarked, and landed a moment later about ten yards below the mill.
"The rascal must have seen us coming up the slope in the moonlight," muttered Hocker. "I suppose he thought we had the place surrounded and every avenue of escape cut off. He's a desperate fellow, and may stand a long siege." In truth Moxley seemed to be preparing for that very thing.
Hocker and Jeffries exchanged glances of mutual understanding. The latter quickly unlocked the bracelets and freed Bug's wrists. "Now's your chance," he whispered. "Moxley is on the second floor. Slip in before he comes down. There's a loose board just below that middle window. There ain't time for more than one to get in or we'd follow you. When you need us sing out. Here, take this."
Hocker briefly explained the situation, and after a little further conversation Abner recrossed to the main land, while Hocker hurried back to his companions and related what had occurred. "I sent him up to the house for provisions and a rope," he concluded, "and when he returns we'll try to get the lads out of the closet."
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