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Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories by Henry Seton Merriman
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He was watching the old man now beneath the shadow of his hand.

"'If you raise your voice,' I said, 'Nino will put his knife through
your throat.'

"I saw him glance sideways at the water.

"'You would have no chance that way,' I said; 'I would turn the boat
on you, and run you down.'

"He gave a sort of gasp, and I had the happiness of hearing his
teeth chatter.

"'I have money,' he said, in his thin, weak voice; 'not here, on
board.'

"We said nothing, but I hauled in the sheet a little, and ran for
the Europa light.

"'We are going to kill you,' I said quietly, without hurry.

"We landed just beyond the lighthouse, where there are no sentinels,
and we made him walk up the Europa Road past the Governor's house.
Nino's knife was within two inches of his throat all the while. I
think he knew that his end was near. You know the Third Europa
Advance Battery?"

"Yes," answered Cartoner.

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