"Ve must gif ourselves de most protectionment ve can." With this he gathered up the firearms, one by one, and tossed them through the window.

Then he straightened up and a shot flashed down the hall and tumbled the big Mexican guard to the floor just as he was about to glide through the doorway.
"Dit ve say shtand still, or dit ve nod say shtand still ?" asked Dan'l, sternly.

"If somebody gets hurt, it iss because he don'd obey de orderations." "Go, sir!" commanded the Major.
"I vill; bud I go last," declared the old man.

"I follow you--see?
Bud you take my violin, please--unt be very tender of id, like id vas your sveetheardt." The Major took the violin and climbed through the window, proceeding to join the others, who were by now seated in the car.

When he had gone Dan'l prepared to follow, first backing toward the window and then turning to make an agile leap to the ground below.