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 "Is it something good? Do men like it? They all like me. So do the women when they know me—all but Marie."

"You are a four-flusher," repeated the Killer. "That ain't anything good, either. You are a liar, a cheat, a pretender, a hoax.

"You are a cheat. You a War Dog, a hero! Wow, wow, wow! I am half a mind to shake you up for trying to put such a yarn over on me. Don't do it any more, my fine fellow, if you don't want your sleek coat chewed up a bit. I am a rough one, I am. I could chew the nose off you in just about a minute," and he growled even more savagely.

"I didn't mean to offend you," whimpered Pierre. "But I am a War"

"We won't say any more about that," growled the old bull. "You just sit there