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For a moment his body remained upright, then it swayed and fell sideways like a log to the ground. 'Gosh, but I thought I was too late! panted Roy Horan. 'And confound it all, I've cracked the stock of my rifle. 'You saved my head from being cracked anyhow, answered Ken. 'But Dave's hit. Give us a hand back with him.
'He's looking for an attack in force later on, Ken told Dave and Roy Horan. 'You may be jolly sure that the Turks are bringing up reinforcements. 'There are quite enough of the beggars already, said Dave. 'Just listen to the bullets coming over. That scrub in front of us fairly hums with snipers. By the time that the trench was finished it was nearly midday.
Probably we shall nip into some little cove not very far up. There's a big ridge called Achi Baba which runs right across the Peninsula about four miles north. It'll be somewhere behind that, I expect. But mind you, this is all guess work. I don't know any more than you do. 'You know the country anyhow, said Horan. 'And that's worth a bit.
'It was your fellows who won the battle for us, answered Captain Carrington cheerfully. 'I wish to congratulate you on the possession of two such men as Williams and Johnston. Williams stepped forward and touched his cap. 'If you please, sir, the captain here and his son and Horan, they did as much as any. But all on 'em fought like good 'uns.
This good impression was added to by the smiling lips and the wrinkles of laughter in the corners of his black eyes. Looking at him and studying him, Watson felt almost sure that his old friend's prognostication was wrong. But Watson was soon to learn. Patsy Horan and two of his satellites testified to a most colossal aggregation of perjuries.
In front of them was a slope some hundreds of feet high, closely overgrown with dwarf trees and mountain shrubs. It was waste land, uncultivated and uninhabited. Quest made a careful search of the shrubs and ground close to the spot which Horan had indicated.
his "JOHN X HORAN. mark. her "CATHERINE X HORAN. mark. "Present, PATRICK SCULLY."
Apparently the schoolmaster was struggling and striving with some unseen body or person, and with intense effort he had grasped both sides of the desk and held it with all his strength, as if he was fearful it might escape. In one hand he also held a cylindrical ruler. At this moment Mrs. Horan, who had gained sufficient courage to enter the building, advanced to Peleg's side.
"Oh, I'll prosecute you all right," retorted the Prosecuting Attorney. "Also you will have to prosecute this Patsy Horan," Watson advised; "for I shall now have him arrested for assault and battery." "You'd better shake and make up," the Prosecuting Attorney repeated, and this time there was almost a threat in his voice.
Making a mental note that he would come back some time and study the class of persons that must sit and drink at those multitudinous tables, he proceeded to circumnavigate the room. Now, at the rear, a short hallway led off to a small kitchen, and here, at a table, alone, sat Patsy Horan, proprietor of the Vendome, consuming a hasty supper ere the evening rush of business.
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