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Israel Hands

           Thehammerfell,buttherefollowedneitherflashnorsound;theprimingwasuselesswithsea-water.Icursedmyselfformyneglect.WhyhadnotI,longbefore,reprimedandreloadedmyonlyweapons?ThenIshouldnothavebeenasnow,amerefleeingsheepbeforethisbutcher.

           Woundedashewas,itwaswonderfulhowfasthecouldmove,hisgrizzledhairtumblingoverhisface,andhisfaceitselfasredasaredensignwithhishasteandfury.Ihadnotimetotrymyotherpistol,norindeedmuchinclination,forIwassureitwouldbeuseless.OnethingIsawplainly:Imustnotsimplyretreatbeforehim,orhewouldspeedilyholdmeboxedintothebows,asamomentsincehehadsonearlyboxedmeinthestern.Oncesocaught,andnineorteninchesoftheblood-staineddirkwouldbemylastexperienceonthissideofeternity.Iplacedmypalmsagainstthemain-mast,whichwasofagoodishbigness,andwaited,everynerveuponthestretch.

           SeeingthatImeanttododge,healsopaused;andamomentortwopassedinfeintsonhispartandcorrespondingmovementsuponmine.ItwassuchagameasIhadoftenplayedathomeabouttherocksofBlackHillCove,butneverbefore,youmaybesure,withsuchawildlybeatingheartasnow.Still,asIsay,itwasaboy’sgame,andIthoughtIcouldholdmyownatitagainstanelderlyseamanwithawoundedthigh.IndeedmycouragehadbeguntorisesohighthatIallowedmyselfafewdartingthoughtsonwhatwouldbetheendoftheaffair,andwhileIsawcertainlythatIcouldspinitoutforlong,Isawnohopeofanyultimateescape.

           Well,whilethingsstoodthus,suddenlytheHispaniolastruck,staggered,groundforaninstantinthesand,andthen,swiftasablow,cantedovertotheportsidetillthedeckstoodatanangleofforty-fivedegreesandaboutapuncheonofwatersplashedintothescupperholesandlay,inapool,betweenthedeckandbulwark.

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