Shif'less Sol shoved himself into the corner, and blotted out his figure against the wall.
The door opened and Braxton Wyatt stepped in.

What decree of fate had caused him to be spying about that night, and what had caused him to find the door of Paul's prison hut unfastened?
He stood a few moments, trying to accustom his eyes to the dark, and he plainly heard the regular breathing of Paul on the bed of skins.

Presently he saw the dim, recumbent figure also.

But he was still suspicious, and he took a step nearer.

Then a big form, projected somewhere from the dark, hurled itself upon him, and he was thrown headlong to the earthen floor.