Paul parried it, and as swift as a stroke of lightning his right hand streaked out and caught Deveaux under the jaw.  The Frenchman reeled backward a few steps, and toppled over, full length upon the ground. What a cry went up from the onlookers!  By this time the sympathies of every one, except Deveaux's own comrades, were with the youth.  No one, even a half-civilized savage, at heart likes a coward.