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"I have no further business with Colonel Ward at this time," protested Parker, amazed at Connick's refusal to release him. "Wal, he says you have, an' them's our orders. The men that work for Gid Ward have to obey orders." "Your Colonel Ward has already injured me enough," exclaimed Parker, bitterly, "without dragging me away into the woods fifty or a hundred miles from my duty!
He leaped lightly to one side, caught the rushing giant's foot across his instep, and as Connick's moccasined feet went out from under him, the young engineer struck him behind the ear. He fell with a dismal thump of his head on the ice, and lay without motion. But Parker's panting triumph was shortlived.
The big woodsman, his rebellion once started, seemed to exult in it. "One of the by-laws of this ly-cee-um is that the meetin' sha'n't be disturbed!" he growled. "Colonel Gid Ward, ye will kindly listen to this speech for the good of the order or I'll gag ye! You've had a good many years to talk to us in and you've done it. Go ahead, young man! You've got the floor an' Dan Connick's in the chair."
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