Quotation from: Elsinore

Written by: Jack London


The rest of our retainers have knives and clubs, although Yatsuda,
the first sail-maker, carries a hand-axe, and Uchino, the second
sail-maker, sleeping or waking, never parts from a claw-hammer. Tom
Spink has a harpoon. Wada, however, is the genius. By means of the
cabin stove he has made a sharp pike-point of iron and fitted it to a
pole. To-morrow be intends to make more for the other men.


It is rather shuddery, however, to speculate on the terrible
assortment of cutting, gouging, jabbing and slashing weapons with
which the mutineers are able to equip themselves from the carpenter's
shop. If it ever comes to an assault on the poop there will be a
weird mess of wounds for the survivors to dress. For that matter,
master as I am of my little rifle, no man could gain the poop in the
day-time. Of course, if rush they will, they will rush us in the
night, when my rifle will be worthless. Then it will be blow for
blow, hand-to-hand, and the strongest pates and arms will win.

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