Frank Merriwell's Backers

Excerpt: ...at Frank. At that very instant, with a cry, Pablo, the Mexican boy, leaped in front of Merry. Struck by the bullet intended for Frank, the little fellow tossed up his arms and fell backward into Merriwell's clasp. At the same instant somebody shot Jim Tracy through the brain. As Merriwell lowered the death-stricken boy, the Pg 161 raiders, completely baffled, gave over the attack and took to flight, leaving half their number behind, stretched upon the ground. "Are you hurt