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"You couldn't do it if you'd fight fair!" he bellowed

"Could I not?" I asked And cast hiain, then"

"I'm afraid of them kids," said he "They'd stick me"

"No, they would not," said I; but still he would not coewise, and rolled

it at a certain place where the nerves lie close to the edge of the

bone, as any policeman knows; and he would follow me, then So I led

him to our little camp-fire

"Now," said I to him, "be seated," and he sat I asked him if he would

shake hands with me and my boys and make up He was very sullen, but,

at last, did so, not cheerfully, I fear, for he was not of good blood

"Tellthat the triumph of calm reason had

been sufficient in his case, "why did you come here, and why do you

try to drive us off, who are only on a peaceful journey as pirates,

seeking our fortune?"

"Pirates!" he exclaiht What's the usehere if anybody can coside o' one to town I'd have the law on ye Me payin' ettin' no protection Fishin's rotten, too!"