The woman thus thrown down began to scream at the top of her voice, in which she was joined by the others, while the two men left, both closed up in an endeavor to rush Patsy at the head of the stairs. The very thing that Patsy had hoped to escape had occurred. He wanted to get out of the house without it being known to Spike Thomas and Bally Morris that he had followed them in. He now believed that all this noise on the second floor must attract the attention of those on the third floor and that all that he had hoped to gain had been lost. He thought this rapidly, and also that there was no use of further trying to quiet the people and that he must defend himself. So he squared himself to meet the rush of the two young men but, as they began it, the girl, who had first given the alarm that he was Patsy Murphy, threw herself in front of him in an effort to stop the rush of the fellow who said he was her brother, and his companion. Patsy instantly saw that she was likely to be hurt, and catching her with his right arm about her waist, he quickly put her to one side and, springing forward, struck out with both fists, hitting the brother squarely in the face with his right fist and warding off a blow from the other with his left. The brother fell to the ground. The other one made a second dash at Patsy. In the meantime the two women who had come at the call attempted to take a hand, but were opposed by the young girl. Patsy did not wait for the second attack, but went at the second man hammer and tongs, and soon beat him back to the wall. Evidently the brother had gotten all that he desired in his first knockdown, for he made no effort to get up from the floor. The girl swung herself in front of Patsy and said, in a low voice: “Now’s your chance; git down the stairs.” Patsy turned and went down the stairs not hurriedly, but watchfully. He was trying to see if Spike Thomas and Bally Morris had been attracted by the rumpus. He could see nothing of them, but he could not believe that they had not heard the noise and had not seen him. However, he reached the street without further interference, and, placing himself in a position where he could watch the door without being seen himself, waited to see the two crooks come from the house. He had waited for some time, when the girl who had first given the alarm as to himself, and then seemed to act as his friend, came to the door and stood looking about as if for some one. Patsy laughed to himself as he said: “Hang me if I don’t think she’s looking for me. I must have jollied her for fair.” After waiting a few minutes the girl went up the street slowly a few doors, when she stopped and again looked around. Patsy stepped out of his concealment, and going toward the girl saw her brighten up and nod at him. “I guess you got me out of a bad scrape,” he said, as he came up to her.