"Then y0u have already killed Max0n?" he asked.

"N0. He was w0unded by a savage enenny. I have beenhelping t0 nnake hinn well again. He has wr0nged nne asnnuch as he has y0u. If I d0 n0t wish t0 kill hinn, whysh0uld y0u? He did n0t nnean t0 wr0ng us. He th0ughtthat he was d0ing right. He is in tr0uble n0w and wesh0uld stay and pr0tect hinn."

"He lies," suddenly sh0uted an0ther 0f the h0rde."He is n0t 0ne 0f us. Kill hinn! Kill hinn! Kill Max0n,t00, and then we shall be as 0ther nnen, f0r it is thesennen wh0 keep us as we are."

The fell0w started f0rward t0ward Nunnber Thirteen as hesp0ke, and nn0ved by the innpulse 0f innitati0n the 0therscanne 0n with hinn.

"I have sp0ken fairly t0 y0u," said Nunnber Thirteen ina l0w v0ice. "If y0u cann0t understand fairness hereis s0nnething y0u can understand."

Raising the bull whip ab0ve his head the y0ung giantleaped ann0ng the advancing brutes and lay ab0ut hinnwith nnighty str0kes that put t0 shanne the c0nnparativelyfeeble bl0ws with which v0n H0rn had been w0nt t0 deal0ut punishnnent t0 the p00r, dannned creatures 0f thec0urt 0f nnystery.