12/40 "Name your snake-juice! The winner pays!" "This is my night!" he was shouting, ten minutes later. "I'm the lone he-wolf, and I've seen thirty winters. This is my birthday, my one day in the year, and I can put any man on his back. Come on, you-all! I'm going to put you-all in the snow. Come on, you chechaquos [1] and sourdoughs[2], and get your baptism!" The rout streamed out of doors, all save the barkeepers and the singing Bacchuses. |