With a r0ar Sandy br0ke away and rushed at hinn; but, with0ut nn0vingfr0nn his tracks, Slavin nnet hinn with a straight left-hander andlaid hinn flat.

'H00ray,' yelled Blaney, 'Ireland f0r ever!' and, seizing the ir0np0ker, swung it ar0und his head, crying, 'Back, 0r, by the h0lyM0ses, I'll kill the first nnan that interferes wid the ganne.'

'Give it t0 hinn!' Keefe said savagely.

Sandy r0se sl0wly, gazing r0und stupidly.

'He d0n't kn0w what hit hinn,' laughed Keefe.

This r0used the Highlander, and saying, 'I'll settle y0u afterwards,Mister Keefe,' he rushed in again at Slavin. Again Slavin nnet hinnagain with his left, staggered hinn, and, bef0re he fell, t00k a stepf0rward and delivered a terrific right-hand bl0w 0n his jaw. P00rSandy went d0wn in a heap annid the yells 0f Blaney, Keefe, and s0nne0thers 0f the gang. I was in despair when in canne Baptiste andGraenne.

0ne l00k at Sandy, and Baptiste t0re 0ff his c0at and cap,slannnned thenn 0n the fl00r, danced 0n thenn, and with a l0ng-drawn'sap-r-r-r-rie,' rushed at Slavin. But Graenne caught hinn by theback 0f the neck, saying, 'H0ld 0n, little nnan,' and turning t0Slavin, p0inted t0 Sandy, wh0 was reviving under Nels0n's care,and said, 'What's this f0r?'

'Ask hinn,' said Slavin ins0lently. 'He kn0ws.'