18/23 I'll not say it's an easy part. You'll find plenty to cry you down, and there will be hard knocks going; but by your face I judge you're not afraid of that. Let me tell you this land is on the edge of hell, and there's sore need for stout men. Little they ken!" In his eagerness he had gripped my arm, and his dark, lean face was thrust close to mine. I speak the Indian tongues, and there's few alive that ken the tribes like me. |