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Chapter 14

           Ilookedathiminsurprise,andsawthathislipswerecompressedandhiseyebrowsknitted,asifhewereabouttofightwithsomeawfulenemy.

           "Whatisit?"Iinquiredwithsometrepidation.

           Suddenlyhelevelledhisspear,dartedforward,andwithayellthatnearlyfrozethebloodinmyveins,stabbedtheoldsowtotheheart.Nay,sovigorouslywasitdonethatthespearwentinatonesideandcameoutattheother!

           "OhPeterkin!"saidI,goinguptohim,"whathaveyoudone?"

           "Done?I’vekilledtheirgreat-great-grandmother,that’sall,"saidhe,lookingwithasomewhatawestruckexpressionatthetransfixedanimal.

           "Hallo!what’sthis?"saidJackashecameup."Why,Peterkin,youmustbefondofatoughchop.Ifyoumeantoeatthisoldhog,she’lltryyourjaws,Iwarrant.Whatpossessedyoutostickher,Peterkin?"

           "Why,thefactis,Iwantapairofshoes."

           "Whathaveyourshoestodowiththeoldhog?"saidI,smiling.

           "Mypresentshoeshavecertainlynothingtodowithher,"repliedPeterkin;"nevertheless,shewillhaveagooddealtodowithmyfutureshoes.Thefactis,whenIsawyoufloorthatpigsoneatly,Ralph,itstruckmethattherewaslittleuseinkillinganother.ThenIrememberedallatoncethatIhadlongwantedsomeleatherortoughsubstancetomakeshoesof,andthisoldgrandmotherseemedsotoughthatIjustmadeupmymindtostickherandyouseeI’vedoneit!"

           "Thatyoucertainlyhave,Peterkin,"saidJackashewasexaminingthetransfixedanimal

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