"It was time then for action, and Lefty Joe prepared for the descent into the home of the enemy. Let it not be thought that he approached this moment with a fallen heart, and with a cringing, snaky feeling as a man might be expected to feel when he approached to murder a sleeping foeman. For that was not Lefty's emotion at all. Rather he was overcome by a tremendous happiness. He could have sung with joy at the thought that he was about to rid himself of this pest."

Language: English

Published in: 1921

Word count: 79,609 words (≈ about 5 hours)

Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923).