It was der deaf-and-dumb alphabet all
gomplete. He slide his hairy arm round my neck, and he tilt up my chin and look
into my face, shust to see if I understood his talk so well as he understood
mine.
"'See now dere!' says Bertran, 'und you would shoot him while he is cuddling
you? Dot is der Teuton ingrate!'
"But I knew dot I had made Bimi a life's enemy, pecause his fingers haf talk
murder through the back of my neck. Next dime I see Bimi dere was a pistol in
my belt, und he touch it once, and I open de breech to show him it was loaded.
He haf seen der liddle monkeys killed in der woods, and he understood.
"So Bertran he was married, and he forgot clean about Bimi dot was skippin'
alone on the beach mit der haf of a human soul in his belly. I was see him
skip, und he took a big bough und thrash der sand till he haf made a great hole
like a grave. So I says to Bertran 'For any sakes, kill Bimi. He is mad mit der
jealousy.'
"Bertran haf said: 'He is not mad at all. He haf obey and love my wife, und if
she speaks he will get her slippers,' und he looked at his wife across der
room. She was a very pretty girl.
"Den I said to him: 'Dost thou pretend to know monkeys und dis beast dot is
lashing himself mad upon der sands, pecause you do not talk to him? Shoot him
when he comes to der house, for he haf der light in his eyes dot means killing-
-und killing.
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