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Updated: June 9, 2025
"It's as well to be on the safe side," said the Rat reflectively, polishing a pistol-barrel on his sleeve and looking along it. The Toad, having finished his breakfast, picked up a stout stick and swung it vigorously, belabouring imaginary animals. "I'll learn 'em to steal my house!" he cried. "I'll learn 'em, I'll learn 'em!" "Don't say 'learn 'em, Toad," said the Rat, greatly shocked.
"My horse, sir, is not for sale," was Kenneth's brief answer. "Give you good night." "Hold, man! Blood and hell, stop! If you'll not sell the worthless beast to serve a gentleman, I'll shoot it under you. Make your choice." Kenneth caught the gleam of a pistol-barrel pointed at him from the hedge, and he shivered. What was he to do? Every instant was precious to him.
"Surrender, or you are a dead man!" exclaimed George, thrusting the muzzle of his pistol into the face of the as yet only half-awake prize-master. "Oui, oui, m'sieu; oh, yais, I surrendaire," exclaimed the poor fellow, as he felt the firm pressure of the cold pistol-barrel against his forehead; and hastily unbuckling his cutlass, he thrust it into George's hand.
Boggs and the men turned round to see who called him, and when they see the pistol the men jumped to one side, and the pistol-barrel come down slow and steady to a level both barrels cocked. Boggs throws up both of his hands and says, "O Lord, don't shoot!"
So that was the kind of persuasion that it had been necessary to apply to secure Mr. Grenelli's attendance. One is apt to yield the point when he feels a pistol-barrel prodding him in the ribs, and it is no great trick to set a trigger-catch with the weapon in your pocket. "Stand there," said Indiman, pointing to the far end of the table, and the man obeyed.
Tried to kill me!" He waved a smoking pistol-barrel at the gambler, who had sunk to his knees. Even while he was shouting out his plea for justification Kirby slid forward upon his face and the fingers of his outstretched hand slowly unloosed themselves from his gun.
Oliver, more dead than alive, gasped out, 'Yes. Sikes, pointing to the street-door with the pistol-barrel, briefly advised him to take notice that he was within shot all the way; and that if he faltered, he would fall dead that instant. 'It's done in a minute, said Sikes, in the same low whisper. 'Directly I leave go of you, do your work. Hark! 'What's that? whispered the other man.
But his first word showed her her mistake. "You live here?" he said abruptly. "Can I come in?" In ordinary times his foreign accent and the glint of a pistol-barrel, which caught her eye as he spoke, would have set her on her guard. But to-night she had nothing to lose nothing, it seemed to her, to hope. She scarcely looked at the man. "As you please," she said dully. "What do you want?"
"`All right, all right, repeated the victim in despair; `sticks and rags and bones and blinds. "`Spotted blinds, I think we said, remarked Smith with a rogueish ruthlessness, and wagging the pistol-barrel at him like a long metallic finger. "`Spotted blinds, said Emerson Eames faintly.
Unfortunately, one cartridge remained unnoticed in the pistol which Gambetta cleaned. As he held the pistol-barrel against the soft part of his hand the cartridge exploded, and the ball passed through the base of the thumb with a rending, spluttering noise. The wound was not in itself serious, but now the prophecy of Bismarck was fulfilled.
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