"I won't!"
"You are a fool!" exclaimed the older villain, dropping into his rocking-chair with an expression of utter disgust upon his face.
I felt that I was fighting my battle very well indeed, and I was encouraged in the course I had chosen.
"I don't want any shooting where I am," said Blair. "I'm willing to lick him within an inch of his life, if he don't play fair, but I don't want him shot."
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"I don't intend to shoot him, unless he attacks me with that poker. I want to show him that two can play at his game," added Lynch. "Will you drop that poker, Phil?"
"I will not."
"If you undertake to use it, I want you to understand that pistol balls travel faster than pokers."