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articulate;hestammeredandstutteredforaminute,andthenasthekillingfurysettledonhimhisyellowteethshutwithasuddensnap,whilethroughthemhisbreathrattledlikewindthroughdeadpinebranchesinDecember,thesinewssatuponhishandsashisfingerstightenedupontheaxe—heftliketherootsofthesamepinesfromthegroundwhenwinterrainhaswashedthesoilfrombeneaththem;
hissmalleyesgleamedlikebalefulplanets;everyhairuponhisshaggybackgrewstiffanderect——anotherminuteandmyspanwereended。
WithaleapfromwhereIsatIflewatthathairybeast,andsinkingmyfistsdeepinhisthrottle,shookhimtillhiseyesblazedwithdeliriousfires。Wewaltzedacrosstheshortgreen—
sward,andinandaboutthetree—trunks,shaking,pulling,andhittingaswewent,tillatlastIfelttheman’svigourdy—