Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Not on your life," he laughed jubilantly. "All she'd done was to
put a washtub on the ground square under the demijohn. Then she
got out her old rifle an' shot the demijohn to smithereens, an'
all she had to do was lap the whisky outa the tub."

Again Saxon was drowsing, when the rustling sound was heard, this
time closer. To her excited apprehension there was something
stealthy about it, and she imagined a beast of prey creeping upon
them. "Billy," she whispered.