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Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories by John Fox
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noticed that he never had to tell a man
but once to stand back. Now he was
the first man to answer a police whistle.
When we were guarding Talt Hall, he
always volunteered when there was any
unusual risk to run. When we raided
the Pound to capture a gang of
desperadoes, he insisted on going ahead as
spy; and when we got restless lying
out in the woods waiting for daybreak,
and the captain suggested a charge on
the cabin, Grayson was by his side when
it was made. Grayson sprang through
the door first, and he was the man who
thrust his reckless head up into the loft
and lighted a match to see if the murderers
were there. Most of us did foolish
things in those days under stress
of excitement, but Grayson, I saw, was
weak enough to be reckless. His trouble
with the girl, whatever it was, was
serious enough to make him apparently
care little whether he were alive or dead.
And still I saw that not yet even had
he lost hope. He was having a sore
fight with his pride, and he got body-
worn and heart-sick over it. Of course
he was worsted, and in the end, from
sheer weakness, he went back to her
once more.
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