[Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson]@TWC D-Link bookAlice of Old Vincennes CHAPTER XV 9/28
He smiles at things not in the least amusing to us and when he laughs, which is very seldom, the cause of his merriment usually lies in something repellantly cruel and inhuman.
When Beverley struck his two assailants, hurting them so that one lay half stunned, while the other spun away from his fist with a smashed nose, all the rest of the Indians grunted and laughed raucously in high delight.
They shook their clubs, danced, pointed at their discomfited fellows and twisted their painted faces into knotted wrinkles, their eyes twinkling with devilish expression of glee quite indescribable. "Ugh, damn, run!" said Long-Half, this time adding a hard kick to the elbow-shove he gave Beverley. The young man, who had borne all he could, now turned upon him furiously and struck straight from the shoulder, setting the whole weight of his body into the blow.
Long-Hair stepped out of the way and quick as a flash brought the flat side of his tomahawk with great force against Beverley's head.
This gave the amusement a sudden and disappointing end, for the prisoner fell limp and senseless to the ground.
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