was.  That  little  ape  had  n't  been  here  a  week
before  he  began  to  do  everything  he  saw  me
do,  and  pretty  soon  he  had  me  down  so  fine
that  he  might  have  been  my  twin-brother,  if
we  ever  had  such  runts  in  our  family.  Well,
I  began  to  sour  on  the  show.  Understand  ?  I
could  see  for  myself  it  was  n't  pretty.  Well,
one  day  I  came  around  a  corner,  and  there
was  that  baboon  sassing  back  to  old  man  Bil
lings.  I  was  just  going  to  pick  him  up  and
break  his  neck,  when  I  felt  kind  of  sick  at  my
stomach,  and  I  says  to  myself,  <  You  swine !
that  's  the  way  you  Ve  been  treat
ing  that  white  man !  How  do
you  like  yourself  now  ? '  ':

Big    Mitch    clutched
desperately   at   his   rum
pled  hair.
