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most good--then a swift rush into the shack and
crushing the ex-war veteran before he could
fully grasp the meaning of it all.

Easy enough to figure it out after this manner,
but there must be considerable chance that matters
would not work so smoothly. For one thing
it must be considered that Oswald Kearns was
no weakling, but a more or less athletic figure,
accustomed to feats of strength and agility
beyond the measure of an ordinary man. Then,
too, he was known to be irrational, even to the
length of being considered dangerous when
thoroughly aroused and it went without saying
that he must always be well armed for in his
reckless way of living he must many times be in
close touch with desperate characters, some of
whom might conceive it worth while to plot
against his liberty, with a heavy ransom in their
mind's eye.

It was quite too late for either of them to think
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dissipated the friendly darkness in that especial
vicinity.

Consequently all they could do was to continue
to crouch there in the shadow of the well curbing,
and await whatever was scheduled to come
to pass.

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