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Footsteps passed down into the vault, and there came a sound as if the unknown had cannoned into a chair, followed by a sharp intake of breath, expressive of pain. A scraping sound, and a flash of light, and part of the vault was lit by a candle. O'Hara caught a glimpse of the unknown's face as he rose from lighting the candle, but it was not enough to enable him to recognise him.
But Travis bore them both on, rolling almost under the feet of the horse, sliding downhill, the unknown's writhing body pinned down by the Apache's weight and his clasp, tight as an iron grip, about the other's chest and upper arms. He felt his opponent go limp, but was suspicious enough not to release that hold, for the heavy breathing of the stranger was not that of an unconscious man.
Weldon had advanced as far as the steep bank, and she then found herself facing him. It was she who replied to this question. "Sir," said she, "we are shipwrecked ones whose ship was broken to pieces yesterday on these reefs." An expression of pity spread over the unknown's face, whose eyes sought the vessel which had been stranded. "There is nothing left of our ship," added the novice.
"But this man must have had friends," said I: "there must be some one in the world to whom these things ought to belong." "Until those friends are found," said Lilly, "I propose that we act as Mr. Unknown's heir and executors. You can have the handkerchiefs, Stell, and I will take these buttons: they could be made into lovely earrings." "Oh, Lilly! should you like to wear them?"
Now the Unknown changed his method from one of defense to one of offense. But Sir Pellimore was none the less skillful. The third charge of his foe he met so skillfully that both horses crashed to the ground. On foot, the two men then fought well and long. Until, through inadvertence, the Unknown's foot slipped and the next moment found his shield splintered and sword broken.
For an instant the glow wavered, as though the man that was behind the glow meditated taking to his heels. "Halt!" called the sentry. "Who's there?" Now the glow disappeared, but cadet captain and sentry were close enough to see the outlines of a figure in cadet uniform. The figure still moved uncertainly, as though bent on flight. But the sight of two pursuers seemed to change the unknown's mind.
A dramatic and highly exciting scene had taken place that evening at the undertaker's to which the unknown's body had been removed, and as I have more than once heard it minutely described, I will endeavor to transcribe it here with all the impartiality of an outsider. When Mr.
Man at the Unknown's sight must tremble, Yet its refulgence needs must love; That mighty Being to resemble, Each glorious hero madly strove; The prototype of beauty's earliest strain Ye made resound through Nature's wide domain.
Presently I heard the steps of the unknown's horse the clatter increased. Ah, my friend, thought I, it won't do; you should be well mounted if you desire my company; I pushed Mohawk faster, faster, faster to his best. He outdid himself; he had never trotted so handsomely so easily so well.
The messages he sent over the wireless in the Atlas Building grew more and more threatening and grandiose. They demanded invariably that McCarthy should be sought out and delivered up to a rather vaguely described vengeance; and threatened with dire calamities all the inhabitants of Manhattan if the Unknown's desires were not fulfilled.
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