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No sonofabitch'll talk to me that way, Croft says
A rock strikes one of the soldiers, and they lie down on the ground and point their rifles above the heads of the advancing crowd
Let's rip the place apart
About ten men start to walk toward the gateSome stones fly over their heads and scatter among the soldiers
All right, men, the lieutenant pipes, fire over them
Croft sights down his barrelHe has pointed his gun at the chest of the nearest man, and he feels a curious temptation
I'll just squeeze the trigger a little bit
BAA-WOWWW! The shot is lost in the volley, but the striker drops
Croft feels a hollow excitement
The lieutenant is cursingGoddam, who shot him, men?
Guess they's no way to find out, Lieutenant, Croft saysHe watches the mob retreating in a panicBunch o' dogs, he tells himselfHis heart is beating, and his hands feel very dry
" 'Member that gal, Janey, he marriedAh'll say one thing for her, she was a reg'lar ole tomcat," Jesse Croft said(He spewed an oyster of phlegm, and ground it reflectively with his boot "Jus' the meanest little ole girl, Ah'll tell ya she was a mate for him till they busted upThey ain't one of the gals my boys've married that I woulda taken up against herAh'm an old man, but Ah'll tell ya, mah balls would git to itchin' when Ah'd look at her and jus' think of lovin' up to her (Scratching his pants vigorously "Trouble with Sam he shouldn'ta married herWhen a man can knock off a piece with a woman without slippin' her a weddin' ring, it don' pay to git any ideas about settlin' down with her
