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 knows how!—the man as well. He shed this bandage in the straw!"

"Let me pass!" cried Irralie. "This instant—or I call for help!"

The answer came with a crisp, metallic click:

"Call at your peril! I should be sorry to inconvenience a lady of your spirit, but the slightest sound will compel me to put a bullet through your heart!"

"Mr. Fullarton!" gasped the girl.

"Not a bit of it," he replied. "Between ourselves, they call me Stingaree!"