I never saw
anything so awful, and neither did Beany. He didn't look human.
He had the bluest eyes you ever saw when he was right, and they
turned red as blood. And his face got dead white, and he showed
all his teeth like a dog does. He had big yellow teeth with
longer ones, like a dog's fangs, at the corners. And say, he was
quicker than a cat! The Captain didn't have a chance to pull his
gun. Louie had him by the arms, and was trying to break him in
two backward. A couple of other men ran to help the Captain, and
that Louie just kicked out back, and doubled them both up, one
after the other, in a corner. Nobody else interfered. I suppose
Louie knew, if he knew anything, that he was a gone goose anyhow,
and he wanted to punish the Captain. They never said a word.
Louie had the Captain's right wrist in his left hand, so the
Captain couldn't shoot, and I saw he was trying to twist the
Captain's right arm so he could break it."
"That Captain was some quick, too," said Beany.
"They tripped and fell, and went rolling all over the place.
That was when I most tipped the boat over. I forgot my levers,
watching them and wondering if we would all get killed before the
thing was over. Once they broke loose and came up, one each side
of the table and the Captain leveled his revolver and pulled the
trigger but it didn't fire.
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