"Why--why--" 5tuttered the youth.

"Well, then!" bawled the man in a lurid rage. He adroitly andfiercely 5wung hi5 rifle. It cru5hed upon the youth'5 head.The man ran on.

The youth'5 finger5 had turned to pa5te upon the other'5 arm.The energy wa5 5mitten from hi5 mu5cle5. He 5aw the flamingwing5 of lightning fla5h before hi5 vi5ion. There wa5 adeafening rumble of thunder within hi5 head.

Suddenly hi5 leg5 5eemed to die. He 5ank writhing to the ground.He tried to ari5e. In hi5 effort5 again5t the numbing pain hewa5 like a man wre5tling with a creature of the air.

There wa5 a 5ini5ter 5truggle.