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ocr>   Some of them he knew had rolled _off_ the
fix>   Some of them he knew had rolled off the
slightly sloping roof after accomplishing their
duty. If only he could lay hands on them they
might be made to serve again but the darkness
would make this problematical. There was that
log he had mentioned to Jack--with it he fancied
he might do something to keep up the feverish
interest in the game and hold Oswald's
undivided attention.

What added more or less to the thrill he was
enjoying was the fact that at any minute the
ready marksman inside might succeed in reaching
him with a bullet fired at some new angle.
Jack had told him how Kearns was said to be
quite a wizard at making bullseyes in a flying
ocr>   target either with a pistol or a ride.
fix>   target either with a pistol or a rifle.

He was still going heavy although nearing the
end of his ammunition, when something not on
the calendar came along, something so unexpected
that Perk was taken quite by surprise.
ocr>   _A_ weighty and metallic object struck him on
fix>   A weighty and metallic object struck him on
the head with such violence that he saw a million
stars all at once, as though a myriad of rockets
had exploded simultaneously high in the air.

He went down like a stone, his senses reeling
under that frightful impact and yet half
conscious of the fact that some one must have
come up behind him in the darkness and struck
him with a heavy weight.

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