It will be no harm done, in putting it to such a creature as that.

Don't let him crow over old Carolina--don't, now, squire! You can hit him as easy as a barndoor, for I saw your shot to-day; don't be afraid, now--stand up, and I'll back you against the whole of them." "Ay, bring him forward, Forrester.

Let him be a man, if he can," was the speech of one of the party.
"Come,'squire, let me say that you are ready.

I'll mark off the ground, and you shall have fair play," was the earnest speech of the woodman in terms of entreaty.
"You mistake me greatly, Forrester, if you suppose for a moment that I will contend on equal terms with such a wretch.

He is a common robber and an outlaw, whom I have denounced as such, and whom I can not therefore fight with.