Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 644
better to hold on. Had they pos- 1919] A MATCH FOR HIS CAPTORS 1010 sessed pistols, they would probably have shot. But the quicker intelligence of the officer sawthat to shoot was to precipitate the result ofReddys threat. As far as he was concerned,a lighted match dropping in gasolene from thehand… … HE HELD THE LIGHTED MATCH WITH ONE ttanti aND LIFTED THE CAP WITH THE OTHER be feared as a live prisoner doing the samething. Besides, it may have occurred to himthat the flash of his pistol would be verylikely to ignite the spilled gasolene. I 11 give you five seconds— Reddy cal-culated the length…
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