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Updated: May 20, 2025
But what us cross coves can't stand and are mostly sure to turn nasty on is the notion of fellows going into the manhunting trade, with us for game, either for the fun of it or for the reward. That reward means the money paid for our blood.
There he was a minute before better'n any five men when it come to fighting. And now he wasn't nothing but a lot of trouble to bury. Just so many pounds of flesh. You see? Well, sir, the price on Black Jack set me up in life and gimme my start. After that I sort of specialized in manhunting, and I've kept on ever since."
There were the other kind in it, the sort that made his profession of manhunting a thing of reality and danger, but he expected these forgot them when the wilderness itself filled his vision. But his present situation was something unlike anything that had ever happened in his previous experience with the outlawed. He had faced dangers. He had fought. There were times when he had almost died.
That was fine: that was manhood. One day, please God, he would be the same. He peeped at the lugger. She was holding on, hard-driven, a long-boat with high-cocked nose tearing astern. The big ship was bearing down on her like a hawk on a sparrow. It was bullying but O! was it not glorious? The old thrill, the thrill of thrills, incomparable, made him tremble. He was manhunting once more.
"Then Hilary'll come." "Where?" I asked, stupidly. "Wherever I take you." "But, my dear fellow " I remonstrated. He cut me short. "Send him to his bath, Barbara dear, and pack his bag, and see that he's ready to start at ten sharp." He strode out of the door. I caught him up in the corridor. "Why the deuce," I cried, "can't you do your manhunting by yourself?"
I received a visit from a Hajee under peculiar circumstances. Passing through Tunis on his return from Mecca last year, his slave, hearing that all the slaves were liberated in the country, ran away. In vain his master attempted to catch him. There were no Christians in the country of the Mecca impostor, who kept manhunting hounds. This is the peculiar glory of Christian lands.
For the glory which came from the killing of Black Jack had been sweet to the youthful palate of Minter, and he had cultivated his taste. He became the most dreaded manhunter in those districts where manhunting was most common. He had been sheriff at Craterville for a dozen years now, and still his supremacy was not even questioned.
Face me squarely, will you? Your head up, and your hands ready." In spite of his rage and wonder, Larrimer instinctively obeyed, for the words came snapping out like military commands. "Now I'll tell you. You manhunting cur, I'm going to send you to hell with your sins on your head. I'm going to kill you, Larrimer!"
He is an artist who is highly sensitive to atmosphere. In Acacia Villas the police officer fades to shadowy insignificance, even in his own mind. Then, he is a husband, a father, and a mighty preacher. He will talk of his disguises, and in general terms of his work, but there is no fiery enthusiasm for manhunting when Dawson gets home to Tooting.
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