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As, for example, his account of his fight with Lieutenant Prince Zwartz-Hamelyn: "Oh, wad some power the giftie gi'e us Tae see oursel's as ithers see us." Thus spake a high an' princely Hun As he fired at Tam wi' his Maxim gun. Thinkin', na doot, that bonnie lad Was lookin', if no' feelin', bad. But Tam he stalled his wee machine An' straffit young Zwartz-Hamelyn.
"You did he was the man you shot down yesterday." Tam's eyes were bright with excitement. "Ye're fulin' me noo?" he asked eagerly. "It wisna me that straffit him? Puir auld Freetz! It were a bonnie an' a carefu' shot that got him. He wis above me, d'ye ken? 'Ah naw! says I. 'Ye'll no try that tailbitin' trick on Tam, says I; 'naw, Freetz ! An' I maneuvered to miss him.
He went off to his breakfast and later, when Blackie came in search for him, he found him lying on his bed smoking a long black cigar, his eyes glued to the pages of "Texas Tom, or the Road Agent's Revenge." "I forgot to tell you, Tam," said Captain Blackie, "that von Zeidlitz is down." "Doon?" said Tam, "'Fritz Fokker' doon? Puir laddie! He were a gay fichter who straffit him?"
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