"Tom Sawyer"
by Mark Twain

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     "Now the cussed thing's ready, Sawbones, and you'll just out with another five, or here she stays."

     "That's the talk!" said Injun Joe.

     "Look here, what does this mean?" said the doctor. "You required your pay in advance, and I've paid you."

 

     "Yes, and you done more than that," said Injun Joe, approaching the doctor, who was now standing. "Five years ago you drove me away from your father's kitchen one night, when I come to ask for something to eat, and you said I warn't there for any good; and when I swore I'd get even with you if it took a hundred years, your father had me jailed for a vagrant. Did you think I'd forget? The Injun blood ain't in me for nothing. And now I've got you, and you got to settle, you know!"

     He was threatening the doctor, with his fist in his face, by this time. The doctor struck out suddenly and stretched the ruffian on the ground. Potter dropped his knife, and exclaimed:

 
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