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"I wonder what he's in such a hurry for?" said the clerk, retiring with
the papers.
When Peter entered the library he found Leonore and Watts reposing in
chairs, and Dennis standing in front of them, speaking. This was what
Dennis was saying:
"'Schatter, boys, an' find me a sledge.' Shure, we thought it was
demented he was, but he was the only cool man, an' orders were orders.
Dooley, he found one, an' then the captain went to the rails an' gave it
a swing, an' struck the bolts crosswise like, so that the heads flew
off, like they was shootin' stars. Then he struck the rails sideways, so
as to loosen them from the ties. Then says he: 'Half a dozen av yez take
off yez belts an' strap these rails together!' Even then we didn't
understand, but we did it All this time the dirty spal--Oi ask yez
pardon, miss--all this time the strikers were pluggin' at us, an'
bullets flyin' like fun. 'Drop your muskets,' says the captain, when we
had done; 'fall in along those rails. Pick them up, and double-quick for
the shed door,' says he, just as if he was on parade.


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