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262 there could be no mistake, and having this certainty made doubly sure by Jimmy's action in rising from his seat and firing an ill-aimed revolver at Alan, Barcus and the miner swung the nozzle round until it bore directly on the car. The power of its stream was so great that the car was checked in its tracks; and before the water could have been shut off or the stream diverted, the machine was driven back to the very lip of the cliff and over it, taking with it those twain upon whose efforts the hope of Seneca Trine of late had been centred. A death that was merciful, in that it was instantaneous, awaited them at the foot of the cliff.