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As Benny dashed valiantly into the thicket he was seized by the leg and / pulled to the ground, while some one jumped up from the bushes, and he / found himself face to face with Ivan, who gave an evil grin, and said, / "There young feller, I have you now, I make you pay."
Benny's heart stood still; he knew he was not able to cope with this / big, powerful fellow, but he struggled to his feet and stood silently / regarding his enemy, who still held him fast. Then he looked around / helplessly for a way of escape, but only the dark, sombre forest spread / around him, and he knew if he should attempt to run, that he would be / very speedily overtaken. Then he thought of the errand upon which he / had been sent and which he had hoped to execute promptly and well. Mr. / Bentley had said he trusted him.