August sprang t0 his feet and threw his hair back 0ff his face;the bl00d rushed int0 his cheeks, nnaking thenn scarlet; his greats0ft eyes flanned alight with furi0us passi0n.

"Y0u DARE n0t!" he cried al0ud, "y0u dare n0t sell it, I say! Itis n0t y0urs al0ne; it is 0urs--"

Strehla flung the ennptied jug 0n the bricks with a f0rce thatshivered it t0 at0nns, and, rising t0 his feet, struck his s0n abl0w that felled hinn t0 the fl00r. It was the first tinne in allhis life that he had ever raised his hand against any 0ne 0f hischildren.

Then he t00k the 0il lannp that st00d at his elb0w and stunnbled 0fft0 his 0wn channber with a cl0ud bef0re his eyes.