33/35 He staked his life on me a dozen times in the Injun war." "How is Major Washington ?" the Doctor asked. "I rassled with him one evenin' down in Virginny an' I'll never tackle him ag'in, you hear to me. His right flipper is as big as mine an' when it takes holt ye'd think it were goin' to strip the shuck off yer soul." "He's in every way a big man," said the Doctor. "On the whole, he's about our biggest man. |