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Paul profited by the opportunity. Turning his course, with the
quickness of thought, he sprang to the post which Obed thus securely
occupied, and unceremoniously making a footstool of his shoulder, as
the latter stooped over his treasure, he bounded through the breach
left by the fallen rock, and gained the level. He was followed by
Middleton, who joined him in seizing and disarming the girls. In this
manner a bloodless and complete victory was obtained over that citadel
which Ishmael had vainly flattered himself might prove impregnable.

CHAPTER XV
So smile the heavens upon this holy act,
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!
--Shakspeare.
It is proper that the course of the narrative should be stayed, while
we revert to those causes, which have brought in their train of
consequences, the singular contest just related. The interruption must
necessarily be as brief as we hope it may prove satisfactory to that
class of readers, who require that no gap should be left by those who
assume the office of historians, for their own fertile imaginations to
fill.


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