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Chapter 19

           Nevertheless,soquickwashe,andsofrightfullydidheflingaboutthemightyweapon,thatalthoughJackstruckhimalmosteveryblow,thestrokeshadtobedeliveredsoquicklythattheywantedforcetobeveryeffectual.

           ItwasluckyforJackthattheothersavagesconsideredthesuccessoftheirchiefinthisencountertobesocertainthattheyrefrainedfrominterfering.Hadtheydoubtedit,theywouldhaveprobablyendedthematteratoncebyfellinghim.Buttheycontentedthemselveswithawaitingtheissue.

           Theforcewhichthechiefexpendedinwieldinghisclubnowbegantobeapparent.Hismovementsbecameslower,hisbreathhissedthroughhisclenchedteeth,andthesurprisedsavagesdrewnearerinordertorenderassistance.Jackobservedthismovement.Hefeltthathisfatewassealed,andresolvedtocasthislifeuponthenextblow.Thechief’sclubwasagainabouttodescendonhishead.Hemighthaveevadediteasily,butinsteadofdoingso,hesuddenlyshortenedhisgraspofhisownclub,rushedinundertheblow,struckhisadversaryrightbetweentheeyeswithallhisforce,andfelltotheearth,crushedbeneaththesenselessbodyofthechief.Adozenclubsflewhighinair,readytodescendontheheadofJack;buttheyhesitatedamoment,forthemassivebodyofthechiefcompletelycoveredhim.Thatmomentsavedhislife.Erethesavagescouldtearthechief’sbodyaway,sevenoftheirnumberfellprostratebeneaththeclubsoftheprisonerswhomPeterkinandIhadsetfree,andtwoothersfellunderourownhand

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