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Chapter 27

           Butbysomeunluckychanceitdidn’texplode,forIsawthelinetornawaybythemen’slegs,andheardtheclicko’thelock;soIfancythepriminghadgotdampanddidn’tcatch.Iwasinagreatquandarynowwhattodo,forIcouldn’tconcoctinmymind,inthehurry,anygoodreasonforfirin’offmypiece.Buttheysaynecessity’sthemotherofinvention;sojustasIwasgivingitupandclinchin’myteethtobidetheworsto’tandtakewhatshouldcome,asuddenthoughtcameintomyhead.Isteppedoutbeforetherest,seemin’tobeawfulanxioustobeatthesavages,trippedmyfootonafallentree,plungedheadforemostintoabush,an’ovcoorsemycarbineexploded!Thencamesuchascreechin’fromthecampasIneverheardinallmylife.Iroseatonce,andwasrushin’onwiththerestwhenthecaptaincalledahalt.

           "‘Youdidthatapurpose,youvillain!’hesaidwithatremendousoath,anddrawin’apistolfromhisbelt,letflyrightintomybreast.Ifellatonce,andrememberednomoretillIwasstartledandbroughtroundbythemostawfulyellIeverheardinmylifeexcept,maybe,theshriekso’thempoorcrittersthatwerecrushedtodeathunderyonbigcanoe.Jumpin’up,Ilookedround,andthroughthetreessawafiregleamin’notfaroff;thelightofwhichshowedmethecaptainandmentiedhandandfoot,eachtoapost,andthesavagesdancin’roundthemlikedemons.

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