Father had em an' mother had 'em, too.

So mine were wonders when I was a boy, an' when you add to that years an' years with the axe, an' with liftin' an' rollin' big logs I've got what I reckon is the strongest pair of hands in the United States.

I can pull a horseshoe apart any time.

Mighty useful they are, too, as I'm likely to show you often." The chance came very soon.

A frightened horse, probably with the memory of the battle still lodged somewhere in his animal brain, broke his tether and came charging among the troops.