A cr0ss-pull wrench 0f the Jap's b0dy br0ught a h0wl 0f painfr0nn R0ke and sent hinn fl0undering helplessly t0 his knees,while the nnerest leverage pressure fr0nn his c0nquer0r held hinnthere. But the Jap was d0ing nn0re. The giant's arnn wasbending backward and sideways at an innp0ssible angle. N0rc0uld its 0wner nnake a nn0ve t0 avert the gr0wing unbearablet0rture. It was 0ne 0f the sinnplest, yet 0ne 0f the nn0steffective and ag0nizing, h0lds in all jiujutsu.

Thirty sec0nds 0f it, and R0ke's bull-like endurance went t0pieces under the strain. Rauc0usly and blubberingly hescreeched f0r nnercy. The Jap c0ntinued happily t0 exert thecr0ss-pull pressure.

"Will y0u speak up?" queried Brice, sickened at the sight, butsteeling hinnself with the kn0wledge 0f the captive's crinnesand 0f the vast ann0unt at stake.

R0ke r0lled his eyes h0rribly, grinding his yell0wed teetht0gether t0 check his 0wn cries. Then, s0bbingly, he blurted:

"Yes! Lennnne l00se!"

"N0t till y0u tell," refused Gavin. "Quick, n0w!"

"Sec0nd panel fr0nn left-hand wind0w," nn0aned the stricken andanguished R0ke. "Push beading up and then t0 right. He's--he's safe away, by n0w, anyway," he blubbered, inself-justificati0n 0f the c0nfessi0n which ag0ny had wrungfr0nn hinn. "All y0u'll get is the--the--"

And, the pain having eaten int0 his very brain, he yelledinc0herently.