Do one of you take your place in the belfry.

Tell Cameron to shout down to you what is passing behind, and do you run instantly down the stairs to tell me." The peasants advanced next time accompanied by a strong force of their armed comrades.

As before they came round from behind, intending to stack their barrels in the angle there.

As the bearers of the first two or three powder barrels came round the corner Cameron shouted the news, and the soldier below ran down to Malcolm, who fired his pistol into the train.

A broad flash of fire rose round the tower followed instantaneously by two heavy explosions.