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At that very instant there were six hired
murderers crouching at the open window; and
while Provencher was yet speaking one of
them thrust in his old Springfield and fired.
The great half-inch ball struck Provencher in
the aorta, and from that chief life fountain the
blood leapt out in a tall, broad arch. The
stricken man gave one low cry and fell dead
against Gallegos, whose face and body were
drowned in the spurting deluge. The click of
another rifle came from the window. There
were still six living targets in that lighted room
for the marksmen so secure in the darkness
without. To shoot at the assassins were vain —