This gave the king great pain, so he threw down his matchet and went back to his house. |
He was very angry when he heard this, and went to the spring the following morning, taking his own matchet with him. |
A foot or two below him the man with the matchet was coming up, naked to the waist, and half-crazed with rum. |
A matchet is a long sharp knife in general use throughout the country. |
The fur had fallen partly clear of the flesh beneath, and he saw that Bad Dollar's matchet had done its work. |