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E was what all were struggling to gain; but the increasing heat and
smoke showed the defenders at last that they could no longer put off
retiring to the covered way. The word was given and all entered it, and
the men with shovels began to close the entrance. When it was a little
more than half closed the hole in the roof had become triangular,
resembling the space between two spokes and a felloe of a wheel. On the
earth, or felloe side of the triangle, there was no fire; but the other
sides were burning fiercely. Making a sudden dash, and before any one
could realize her intention, Brenda leaped past the shovellers, sprang
over the embankment they were throwing up, and by the aid of a bench
sprang up the four-foot wall, through the flame-bordered aperture, and
disappeared, her clothing apparently in a blaze. The war-whoops
immediately ceased. No attempt at pursuit or rescue was made. The
Arnolds and the strangers felt that it would be useless, and only result
in the death of the pursuers. The work of closing the passage was
resumed and c