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Chapter IV
You’llthinkallthewildcatsoftheLimberlostareturnedlooseonyouwhinIcomeagainstyou,andasformecause——Isleptwithyou,Wessner,thenightIcamedownthecorduroylikeadirty,friendlesstramp,andtheBosswasfortakingmeup,washing,clothing,andfeedingme,andgivingmeahomefullofloveandtinderness,andamastertolookto,andgood,well-earnedmoneyinthebank.He’strustingmehisheartful,andherecomesyou,youspottedtoadofthebigroad,andinsultsme,asisanhonestIrishgintleman,byhintingthatyouconcaiveI’dbewillingtoshutmeeyesandholdfastwhileyourobhimofthethingIwassetandpaidtoguard,andthenactthesneakandliartohim,andruinandeternallyblackenthesoulofme.Youdamnedrascal,”ravedFreckles,“befightingbeforeIforgetthelawsofagintlemin’sgameandsplityourdirtyheadwithmestick!”
Wessnerbackedaway,mumbling,“ButIdon’twanttohurtyou,Freckles!”
“Oh,don’tyou!”ragedtheboy,nowfairlyfrothing.“Well,youain’tresemblingmenone,forI’mitchinglikedeathtogitmefingersinthefaceofyou.”
Hedancedup,andasWessnerlungedinself-defense,duckedunderhisarmasabantamandpunchedhiminthepitofthestomachsothathedoubledwithagroan.BeforeWessnercouldstraightenhimself,Freckleswasonhim,fightinglikethewildestfurythateverleftthebeautifulisland.TheDutchmandealtthunderingblowsthatsometimeslandedandsentFrecklesreeling,andsometimesmissed,whilehewentplungingintotheswalewiththeimpetusofthem.
