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Jean, stunned, and with a broken arm, sought to get up. He gained

his feet and, game to the last, staggered toward Ellinwood. Pete

started to run in again, but some one on the edge of the crowd

thrust a foot out and the big islander stumbled.

Code saw the man who interfered, and, his blood boiling, leaped

for him. At the same instant there came a cry of "Police!

Police!" But Code did not hesitate. He plunged into the crowd

after his man and, in an instant, found himself surrounded and

fighting the whole mob.

For a moment it lasted. There was a rain of heavy blows that

blinded him, and then something that was hard and dull struck him

on the head. Everything began to whirl, and he found he could not

lift his arms. Dimly he heard a voice near him shout: "This way!"

in English and felt himself gathered up by men and borne swiftly

away.

Then consciousness left him.

CHAPTER XX

AMONG THE HOME FOLKS

The village of Freekirk Head was a changed place.