...Peloo's fire had somehow got to the dynamite in my pack. I expected to find you all blowed to pieces." He drew his hand across his eyes as if to shut out his vision; he was trembling. Then he jumped into the running water, and disappeared down the drift...

...one of the long French windows. He let me in and I asked him to let me have some money — and — and — " He drew his hand across his eyes as if to shut out some frightful vision. "When I came to my senses, Uncle Jim lay there on the floor in front of me,...

...basin, a beautiful Spanish lady standing near and smiling as she watched him. The count hastily brushed his hand across his eyes as if to shut out the vision which accorded so ill with the grim duties assigned to him by his king. He read the letter through...