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"Anthony, give me the pistol!"
"Damme, no -- ha' patience! Meantime take this -- more useful if it comes t' scrimmage! " And he twisted a stake from the flower bed we were trampling and thrust it into my hand. "Enemy's country, Perry, -- qui vive! Hist! Attention and all the rest of it! Forward an' curse the consequences!"