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"The nasty, cruel brute!" I said tothis out of wantonness, and I was blas froht flashed acrosshi a scrap of paper from his pocket, Shock opened it, and I sahat

it contained Then taking a e of his

jacket, he picked up one of the snails with his left hand, used the pin

cleverly, and dragged out one of the creatures froinal size, blew it, dipped it in the paper of

salt, and, to ust, ate it

Before I had recovered from my surprise he had eaten another and

another, and he was busy over the sixth when an ejaculation I uttered

made him turn and see me

He stared at me, pin in one hand, snail-shell in the other, for aan insultingly to throw the shells at me over his

head

I bore it all for a few e boy's ht one of the shells as it caood aim that it hit him a smart rap on the

head

He turned sharply round with a vicious look, and see?" I cried

He had never spoken to

at ue, but he did speak in a quick