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ered Frank, thrusting the revolver into his pocket, and hastening to leap into the battle. "Give 'em glory, Barney!" "Hurro!" shouted the Irish youth. "Th' United Shtates an' Ould Oireland foriver! Nothing can shtand against th' combination!" This unexpected assault was too much for Manuel Mazaro and his satellites. "Car-r-r-ramba!" snarled the Spaniard. "Dis treek is spoiled! We will have to try de odare one, pardnares." "We're reddy fer yer thricks, ye shnakes!" cried Barney. "Are you armed?" asked Frank. "To th' muzzle wid grape-shot an' canister!" was the reply. But the boys were not compelled to resort to deadly weapons, for the Spaniard and his gang suddenly took to their heels, and seemed to melt away in the darkness. "Musha! musha!" gasped Barney. "Where hiv they gone, Oi dunno?" "They've skipped." "An' lift us widout sayin' good-avenin'?" "So it seems." "Th' impoloight rascals! They should be ashamed av thimsilves!" "Barney!" "Frankie!" "At school you had a way of always showing up just when you were needed most, and you have not gotten over it." "It's harrud to tache an ould dog new thricks, Frankie." "You don't want to learn any new tricks; the old ones you know are all right. Barney, give me your hand." "Frankie, here it is, an' I'm wid yez, me b'y, till Oi have ter lave yez, which won't be in a hurry, av Oi know mesilf." The two lads clasped hands in the darkness of the passage. "Now," said Frank, "to get out of this place." "Th' sooner th' quicker." "Which way shall we go?" "Better go th' way we came in." "Right, Barney. But how in the world did you happen to appear at such an opportune moment? That sticks me." "Oi saw yez, me b'y, whin th' crowd was cheerin' fer yez, but Oi couldn't get to yez, though Oi troied me bist." "And you followed." "Oi did, but it's lost yez Oi would, av ye wasn't sane to come in here by thim as wur watchin' av yez." "Which was dead lucky for me." "Thot it wur, me darlint, unliss ye wanter to shoot th' spalpanes ye wur wid. Av they'd crowded yez, Oi reckon ye'd found a way to dispose av th' lot." "They were about to crowd me when I fired into the air." "An' th' flash av th' revolver showed me yer face." "That's how you were sure it was me, is it?" "Thot wur wan way. Fer another, Oi hearrud yer voice, an' ye don't suppose Oi wouldn't know thot av Oi should hear it astraddle av th' North Pole, do yez?"
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