??????She??™ll do,??™ said Dan, looking her over.
???What??™s to be afraid of, lass? Come and
kiss me.??™ He puts his arm round her. She
shuts her eyes, gives a bit of a squeak, and
down goes her face in the side of Dan??™s flaming
red beard.
??????The slut??™s bitten me!??™ says he, clapping
his hand to his neck, and, sure enough, his
hand was red with blood. Billy Fish and
two of his matchlock-men catches hold of
Dan by the shoulders and drags him into the
Bashkai lot, while the priests howls in their
lingo,??”???Neither god nor devil but a man!??™
I was all taken aback, for a priest cut at me
in front, and the Army behind began firing
into the Bashkai men.
??????God A-mighty!??™ says Dan. ???What is
the meaning o??™ this???™
??????Come back! Come away!??™ says Billy
Fish. ???Ruin and Mutiny is the matter.
We??™ll break for Bashkai if we can.??™
???I tried to give some sort of orders to my
men??”the men o??™ the regular Army??”but it
was no use, so I fired into the brown of ??™em
with an English Martini and drilled three
beggars in a line. The valley was full of
shouting, howling creatures, and every soul
was shrieking, ???Not a god nor a devil but
only a man!??™ The Bashkai troops stuck to
Billy Fish all they were worth, but their
matchlocks wasn??™t half as good as the Kabul
breech-loaders, and four of them dropped.
Dan was bellowing like a bull, for he was
very wrathy; and Billy Fish had a hard job
to prevent him running out at the crowd.
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