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continued: &quot;That Fowler was a funny fel 

 low. The Turk, he- committed Fowler, and 

 Fowler, he riz up and knocked him down 

 and tromped all over him and made him let 

 him go!&quot; 



&quot;That was an appeal to a higher law,&quot; I 

 observed. Simpson assented cheerily, and 

 continued: 



&quot;Well, that Turk, he got nervous for fear 

 Fowler he was goin to kill him, and so he 

 comes to me and offers me twenty-five dollars 

 a day to protect him from Fowler; and I went 

 to Fowler, and Fowler, says I, that Turk s 

 offered me twenty-five dollars a day to protect 

 him from you. Now, I ain t goin to get shot 

 for no twenty-five dollars a day, and if you 

 are goin to kill the Turk, just say so and go 

 and do it; but if you ain t goin to kill the 

 Turk, there s no reason why I shouldn t earn 

 that twenty-five dollars a day! and Fowler, 

 says he, I ain t goin to touch the Turk; you 

 just go right ahead and protect him. 



So Simpson &quot;protected&quot; the Turk from the 

 imaginary danger of Fowler, for about a 

 week, at twenty-five dollars a day. Then 

 one evening he happened to go out and met 

 Fowler, &quot;and,&quot; said he, &quot;the moment I saw 

 him I know he felt mean, for he begun to 



