Arthur Willaby can stay with you.

You others come with me.

Have no fears, boys; for we have a dozen witnesses that we are in the Union Bar at this very moment." It was nearly midnight, and the street was deserted save for one or two revellers upon their way home.

The party crossed the road, and, pushing open the door of the newspaper office, Baldwin and his men rushed in and up the stair which faced them.

McMurdo and another remained below.
From the room above came a shout, a cry for help, and then the sound of trampling feet and of falling chairs.