Sheldon's flying body struck him and crushed him to earth.

No blows were needed to be struck.

The black had been knocked helpless.

Joan, startled by the unexpected leap, saw Carin-Jama, The Silent, reach out and seize Sheldon by the throat as he was half-way to his feet, while the five-score blacks surged forward for the killing.

Her revolver was out, and Carin-Jama let go his grip, reeling backward with a bullet in his shoulder.