Evening star., 1920-11-21
Another
Mans Poison
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aide as he leaped out Of Freilicks
reach. ,,. ...
xerovs as a cat: and when Andy
ieaped away, Frellick came after him
ON tiptoe, lightly treading, and there
was plain murder in his eyes.
The little man had never killed. but
he was willing to.
Andy was not afraid. After the hrse
shuck OF amusement and pain at the
knife play, he was mad, and ne was
Ana he met Frellick halfway, attach
ing more carefully. his eye on the little
mans knife hand. .
his right hand, left side toward Andy.
his weapon was no proper fighting
knife: it was y small 1Ackknife, sharp
ened painfully on soft stones. II 1t
had boasted decent length OF blade.
Andy could scarce have survived that
first trio Of wounds. AZ 1t was. they
were none Of them serious. They bled.
but did not weaken him. He was Mt,
and he was angry.
He met Frellick's circling tactics.
suddenly. with a sidelong. swimming
kick with his left leg. 1t struck Frel-
lick.s knee ana brought the little H nan ~
that instant Of writhing confusion he
got Frellick's knife hand ana gfipped
Il with both his and set his teeth
in it.
Frel1ick screamed and dropped the
knife, and at the same time they rolled
into water. and both broke away and
stamped their feet and faced each
other. Freuick whipped up a rock
and threw 1t. Andy lodged. fingfng up
one hand. The rock struck MIS- el00w'
pafAlysed his whole left arm. FfeHfck
was reaching for another. ana Andy
swept up a steamfng spray or water
from the lake into the little maps
face, binding him for an instant. and
in that instant again charged home
The boy at this time had suffefed
a splintered rib or two: he had taken
three knife thrusts. and his left arm
was helpless. Nevertheless, there was
fight in Andy, and there was fight in
Frellick.
1t was not fair fighting on either
side. Neither knew nor cared what the
rules might be. Frelltck used knees
and feet. hands. nsts. elbows. head and
teeth; and 50 did Andy. They did, each
age in very little time, and they
created q commotion on the lake shore
that was quite plainly visible from
the cottages across Sebacoek, with
glass to aid the eye.
The end came abruptly enough. Frel-
lick reached Tor Andy's face. got two
fingers inside Andy's cheek and 4
thumb into Andy's eve. and he pulled
at Andy's cheek and pushed at Andy's
eye in = fashion calculated to fnjure.
I. Andy was ffogEed BY the excruciat-
ing pain into a new burst of
strength; and his good right hand
and his bad left got Frellick,s
kl.~uk - YAsA nA hA Arnvo tha 1if.
tie mans head under water and held
Freliick let 60 Of Anay's face; he
caught Andy's wrists he kicked and
he twisteds and then he ceased to
kick or twist. when Frellick was
bottom in an fndolent,. rather apa-
thettc way, once or twice; and then
he dragged the little man out and
threw him aside upon the bank.
Frellick was not dead, but he was
not so very much alive.
tie dazed, and his eyes were heavy
and then he climbed slowly up fnto
the brush and wandered back toward
where he he'd ieft Wsfmuth.
THE s.~s6 from Thomaston that
: certain mep had escaped their cells
spread quickly through Fraternity and
her pleasant feishbor towns. The cot
tagers on Sebacook had heard. and those
men who started across the lake In q
boat. at sight of Andy on the shore, had
the matter in mind.
few minutes after Andy had left Ffel-
tick; and they saw that the little man
would live. xnd 80 secured him. Ht-
tie later. sroping through the tansae.
they discovered Wermuth by his curses.
the0 found him they laughed aloud.
For Andy had gathered up the mutt
lated strip OF bacon. the ravished bag
OF beams, and all the odds ana ends
of provender that had been stolen
them quite carefully in neat little
pile When they discovered him
Andy was lying with his arms around
this pile of treasures. his cheek pill
lowed on the bacon strip.
oughly asleep.
The men thought this SO ridiculous
a sight. and they were so amused TO
think that Andy had come SO far and
risked so much for few groceries,
and thereafter. They laugh still,
when the story is told over for the
hundrsdth time while they wait for
the mall around the stove in Will
BisselTs store.
HUT there Is always . curious.
abashsd note In their mirth as though
they ware not quite sure the Incident
was ridiculous, after all. The matter
perplexes them. And = certain re-
spect for Andy IL evidenced. now and
then. in little ways. =.
Certainly that which the boy did
that night and day in Whitcher
swamp was either ridiculous or sub
lime.
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