Show HE WANTED A KNIFE HOW NOW BLACK HARRY TESTED THE DRUMMERS DRUMMER 6 SAMPLE we X Ofay tord marvelous marrel ahill ij in throw ha me tb kolf sad d HI ele Is axy bast 14 cle mos a go 04 tars the Dru drum azer aw law one day in cola I X jad and just fial bd dinner when a stranger pobo to me in the hotel botel anve v chatted for or ft a inn to or two and then the tran stran ger pir whose dinio name I 1 afterward learned wae wall hairy connor or black harry far fok abort asked me it if I 1 wai was not belling selling hardware I 1 told him awaa and he aid said he wanted to boy buy a knife ife I 1 mid paid I 1 had items with me but only an saw pim pic and anti that of course cours I 1 old sold kamples pam ples 1 11 well yell he aid said the reason I 1 came to you I 1 hunted butted the town over thia this morning to flud find a knife nod and I 1 find and one that wae was worth carrying I 1 thought probably you on might hare have ene one or two good one ones and that you would ell sell one I 1 dont core care what bat the price la in ro so it suits alb me I 1 finally con tented to bow him whet what I 1 had I 1 never uw saw a man examine a lulf is bo he did one that bo be selected I 1 had perhaps 40 different once ones but be ba gave only a glance at the lot and picked on the belt best one thre there in an instant picking it up he weighed it in bia bin baud load turned it over and over oyer ran the be edge of it wron aero the back of his hi I 1 bumb nail dral as a barbei tries a razor al ked the point with his hi call tail scrutinized every fractional part of the blade and hilt bilk and then grasping it firmly swung lift lis arm in the prettiest ort port of knife play as a if testing its weight and balance till still more ran ca camully folly fully then over to a bottomed chair be he drove the binde squarely the 1 inch wood with a row powerful erful mow blow then be he threw I 1 it I 1 at a knot iu in the wooden parti tiou that my room from be the next and left tho knife ticking sticking czirely arely in the a knot I 1 ahta Th ta A pretty good throw thrown I 1 cald said do yoa you so bo he answered in differ catly and lie over to the partition and drew out the kufe till still miling smiling and stepping epping Bt back 13 12 reet feet threw it aftin again this time be truck struck the exact spot be bad hit bit at first I 1 could we but ore ran mark z it after be had bad drawn the be knife out the second firne me oh taits nothing se 9 taid said and with the point of the knie knife be scratched a rough circle on an t ta a wood about the fit of a roana mans bant ban stepping back tack to nowhere where be he stood before he be turned his hi awk to the target all and i then loraing at it over oter bli his right boander bo alder he threw the knifa over bla his left ati ching it fairly in the target then bo he reversed we U trick throwing over bia lis right shoulder and finally plA himself care fully un the same place he be looked quick ly over bli biz houlder hon abon lder and then tuning tun ing bia his face directly away he threw the knife over bla his heed head striking the same target md and leaving the knife an inch deep in the wood 1 I want that th tt krille 11 he bald laid rather peremptorily and andl I 1 want it just 50 worth ami and ho pulled out of bla his pocket and laid it on the tallo talla I 1 took the I 1 thought a man who coald could uw a intro like tha bat t ought to have A good one I 1 bud bad started ov out t la in the evening to we illel W looked lo 10 at T ss bf efe J three orce or four our garrall 1 g licila 1 11 1 aw to I 1 camo came to one where III black c k c ua tying fora fam ho eat sat with his hi left I 1 taj andt yard ward tho the door and oa ali I 1 sauntered up to the tabla be nailed smiled a little and nodded bat but did lot speak all I 1 noticed that he was van watching the door ilo did not turn his head but hi his eyes seemed to 0 o be everywhere at once and though be ie was playing steadily etea dily and with fairly good lack 00 am oo I 1 waa van certain that be law saw every motion that anybody made anywhere in the room excepting of course right behind him presently I 1 noticed that be was watch ing a achaa man who was juet coming in 10 the newcomer was a built ugly looking fellow follow who looked carefully care foDy folly around ard ai as he be entered and who almost immedi athly aw saw black clarry ile started a little and then evidently thinking that connor did not a him stepped caro cam fully to hia lite tight HU 1111 he waa was almost be hind when where conzar u sat at still connor did not turn him hi bead head but I 1 could eee see him watching the other aa as be he stepped lowly slowly aad around until he was fairly out of the range even of connor connors remark able eyes I 1 aw saw connor suddenly ud denly look full at he the dealer with it question aa as plainly as it could hare have been in worda words so I 1 naturally looked at the dealer lie ne garo gave no sign at first that I 1 could ece see of even knowing that counce ncr waa was in front of him but went on dealing ai an if them waa was nothing eleo else in the world to aa a then in an instant his eye eyes to te blazo blum when I 1 aw saw the dealer dealers gig ig nal I 1 looked back at connor rind in an instant uw raw a tragedy the newcomer wes wr drawing a reTO ITer and at the be sam time connor w WB torning turning hia his head and throwing the knife I 1 had old sold him he be roee rose from his hi chair aa as be threw it and the strangers revoir but the bullet wint wild for he cank sank to the to floor sa a he fired with the point of the knife in hij bis brain gentlemen Gent lexen lezen aid said the dealer before any one eleo else could 1 I aay say black darry done juit just right th tact at white liv fly ered car bad had to kill him on an sight rd pd r P d waa was from behind and gentlemen its it none of oar our business buei neef what he the quarrel was t tat a suc cloat verdict in which tewo 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