a civilized butcher not a little. Joe was covered with

blood up to the elbows. His hair, happening to have

a knack of getting into his eyes, had been so often

brushed off with bloody hands, that his whole visage

was speckled with gore, and his dress was by no means

immaculate.

While Dick related his adventure, or

mis

-adventure,

with the bull, Joe and Henri completed the cutting out