In due time the victorious and unsuspecting Bailey, accompanied by four of his friends, appeared on the scene, and their approach was the immediate signal for action.

With a cheer and a howl the ambush sprang upon their victims; and, with equal vehemence, these, having rapidly taken in the state of affairs, prepared to defend themselves.

Poor George might as well have been sitting under Niagara.

Step by step, the new-comers strove to force a passage up to Bailey's rooms, and step by step the opposing force strove to repulse them.

The balustrades creaked, the ceiling of George's room quaked, and the walls thundered with the weight of conflicting bodies.