Shoe-Bar Stratton - Chapter 26

During that brief lull ¹ Buck ² found time to wonder why no one had sense enough to use a gun to bring them down. But almost as swiftly the answer came to him; they dared not risk the sound of a shot bringing interference from without. He flashed a glance at Bud, who sagged ³ panting against the table, the fragments of a chair in his hands and a trickle ⁴ of blood running down his face. Somehow the sight of that blood turned Buck into a raging savage ⁵., ,"Come on, you damned coyotes!" he snarled ⁶. "Come and get yours.", ,For a brief space it looked as if no one had nerve enough to accept his challenge, and Buck shot a sudden appraising ⁷ glance toward the outer door, between which and them their assailants crowded thickest. But before he could plan a way to rush the throng ⁸, that same sharp voice sounded from the rear which before had stirred the greasers into action, and six or seven of them began to creep warily ⁹ forward. Their movements were plainly reluctant, however, and of a sudden Stratton gave a spring which carried him within reaching distance of the two foremost. Gripping each by a collar, he cracked their heads together thrice in swift succession, hurled ¹⁰ their limp bodies from him, grabbed another chair from the floor, and was back beside Jessup before any of their startled companions had time to stir., , ,He broke off abruptly ¹¹ as the front door was flung suddenly open and a sharp, incisive ¹², dominant ¹³ voice rang through the room., ,"What in hell 's doing here?", ,Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后，地面战又突然爆发了。,The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨 。