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120 "You will never have the courage to pull that trigger when I'm helpless in your hands!"

The hot blood mantled her exquisite face like red fire. She caught her breath with a sob, then flung wildly at him:

"Well, if you must know—it's true. I can't bring myself to kill you. For all that, you shall die—I could not save you if I would! And this I promise you, you shall never see Rose again before you die!"

And while he stood gaping, she ran, quickly covering the little distance between him and the car. As she jumped into this and dropped down upon the seat beside her half-conscious sister, Marrophat swung the car away.

It vanished in a dust-cloud as a throng of railroad employees surrounded and assailed him with clamorous questions.