. Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life . ired, and theman nearest to him fell. His comrade immediately threw him-self upon the young tutor, and a fierce struggle ensued. Inpoint of strength the combatants were very equally matched;but, fortunately for the result, Lewis was the most active, and bya sudden wrench disengaging himself from his antagonists grasp,he stiuck him a tremendous blow wdth his clenched fist on theside of the head, which sent him down with the force of a batter-ing-ram. As he did so, a giant arm was thrown round his waist,a knife gleamed at his throat, and in a hoarse br
. Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life . ired, and theman nearest to him fell. His comrade immediately threw him-self upon the young tutor, and a fierce struggle ensued. Inpoint of strength the combatants were very equally matched;but, fortunately for the result, Lewis was the most active, and bya sudden wrench disengaging himself from his antagonists grasp,he stiuck him a tremendous blow wdth his clenched fist on theside of the head, which sent him down with the force of a batter-ing-ram. As he did so, a giant arm was thrown round his waist,a knife gleamed at his throat, and in a hoarse broken voice, thesavage ferocity of which had something appalling in its tones,Hardy exclaimed— Ive owed you something a long time, young feller; and nowIve got a chance, Im going to pay you. Both his hands being occupied, he, wnth the fui-y of some beastof prey, seized Lewiss hair with his teeth, and endeavoured todraw his head back in order to cut his throat; but, by dint ofstruo-gling, Lewis had contrived to get his right aim free, and,. ci//^A^ a^ ,-ize^!^u^ yo/i- ^^Uh OK, THE RAILROAD OF LIFE. 415 grasping tlie wrist of the hand which held the weapon, he wasenabled, as long as his strength might hold ont, to pievent therufl&an from executing his murderous purpose. Hardy made oneor two efforts to shake off the grasp which thus fettered him, huthis muscular power was so much impaired by the sabre cut onthe arm, that he was unable to accomplish his design. Accord-ingly, trusting to his great strength, and thinking that LewisAYOuld become exhausted by his attempts to free himself. Hardydetermined to wait, rather than run the risk of affording his vic-tim a chance of escape by removing the arm which encircled affairs were in this position, Robert, having recovered thestunning effects of the blow which had felled him, regained hisfeet, and was advancing to Lewiss assistance, when the robberwho had been slightly wounded in the leg as he was ascendingthe stairs, and had
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