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The thing was almost upon her now. The mouth was wide in a hideous attempt
to smile. The great hands would grasp her in another second--and then there
was a sudden crashing of the underbrush behind her, a yellow, wrinkled face and
a flying pig-tail shot past her, and the brave old Sing Lee grappled with the
mighty monster that threatened her.
The battle was short--short and terrible. The valiant Chinaman sought the ashen
throat of his antagonist, but his wiry, sinewy muscles were as reeds beneath the
force of that inhuman power that opposed them. Holding the girl at arm's length
in one hand, Number One tore the battling Chinaman from him with the other,
and lifting him bodily above his head, hurled him stunned and bleeding against
the bole of a giant buttress tree. Then lifting Virginia in his arms once more he
dived into the impenetrable mazes of the jungle that lined the more open pathway
between the beach and camp.
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