Then he shouted, yet more violently,—
"If you say one word more, and if every man doesn't hold his neighbor, so that he can't move his arms, I'll be the first to shoot you down, without caring whether I hit the innocent or the guilty."
"Men, what have I done to you?" cried Sonnenkamp.
"Cannibal!"
"Kidnapper!"
"Slave dealer!"
"And if I were," exclaimed Sonnenkamp, "what gives you the right to judge me?"
"You must clear out of this!"
"Make yourself scarce!" was the cry from beneath.
"Herr Sonnenkamp, and you, Captain," said Claus, hastily addressing them both, "I only joined this savage troop, because I saw it was no use trying to hold them back, but I've caught them by the halter, and if you'll just leave everything to me, we'll make a carnival-sport out of the whole concern. You speak first, Captain, and I beg you to keep still, Herr Sonnenkamp."