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Hell! Hain’t you tried it yit?

Not from the hind end. The feller I got it from missed me the first shot.

[Eagerly, with a slight catch in her voice]

Did he surrender, Sid—an’ give it to you—after he’d shot at you?

N—no, not edzactly. [Quietly] But he didn’t have no further use fer it, so I stuck it in my pocket an’ fetched it along.

[With a sudden revulsion of feeling]

Thou shalt not kill!

Ner git killed if you can help it! [He starts toward the door.] Come on, Sid! We’ll soon find out whether this thing hits whar you hold her er not!

[With intense emotion]

No! Sid ain’t a-goin’!