...advantages, between a long shot at from eight to twelve paces, with an inexperienced opponent, and the very unpleasant alternative of the two ends of a pocket...by any means, as Jack Williams suspected, a coward ; hut there are few men who would not a great deal rather avoid certain death, even with the consolation...

...advantages, between a long shot at from eight to twelve paces, with an inexperienced opponent, and the very unpleasant alternative of the two ends of a pocket handkerchief. Captain Tankerville was a man of very nice calculations, and, having summed up all the pros and cons in his head, he took...

...advantages, between. a long shot at from eight to twelve paces, with an inexperienced opponent, and the very unpleasant alternative of the two ends of a pocket handkerchief. Captain Tankerville was a man of very nice calculations, and, having summed up all the pros and core* in his head, he took...