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"An excellent blade!" says he,a pass in the air, then he tendered it to ht you should know I a, "there is your throat or your eye--come!"

So point to point we fell to it I had been somewhat esteemed at the art once and now Iparades, with volts and passes, pushing at hiht, so that twice I was very near But suddenly as he retreated before my attack, his blade darted and flashed and he called out: "One!" And now he pressedfeints, and presently called out again: "Two! Three! Four!" Then I saas cutting the buttons from my sleeve, how and when he would; therefore I cast away er and folded my arms

"Lord love me! Are ye done, Martin?"

"O make an end one way or t'other, I'll not be played with!"

"Verily, you were ers with the club!" says he, and sheathed his rapier As for hty dejected and full of bitter thoughts until, feeling a touch on my bowed shoulder, I looked up and found him beside me

"Martin," says he, "'tis true you are a fool but your folly harmeth none but yourself! And thou'rt such honest fool that I e, yet so it is Look'ee, we have quarrelled and fought, very well--what's to let us froain?"

"But if I doubt you, Adam?"

"Why, as to that," says he with his whi doubtful being at tiht heartily; which done he brought me into the cave whiles Godby posted hi on his musket

"What now, Adam?" I questioned

"Now let us divide our treasure, Martin--"

"But I bartereda valise frolory of flashing geh dazzled me with their splendour "Look at 'em, Martin, look at 'em!" he whispered "Here's love and hate, life and death, every good and all the sins--look at 'e, through his fingers "Lord love h to turn a man's brain! Have ye counted 'em over, comrade?"