[The Gold-Stealers by Edward Dyson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Gold-Stealers CHAPTER XIII 3/20
'Sounds well, don't it? What sorter feller will I be? Brave, eh ?' 'Frightened o' neither man nor devil, but awful cruel, 'cause you was crossed in love.' Jacker was delighted.
He was naturally a combative youth, with a fine contempt for rules that would deny him the advantages to be derived from his ability as a swift and vigorous kicker; so a bloodthirsty and rebellious character was quite to his taste. 'Not crossed in love, though,' he complained.
'That seems measley, don't it? S'pose I shot a man once, an' the p'lice won't let me have no peace.' 'Good enough!' said Dick. 'Then I'm in.
When do we start ?' 'To-morrer night.
We want one more.
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