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As the man mumbled on in his shocking ecstasy the expression on his hairy, spectacled face became indescribable, but his voice sank rather than mounted. My own sensations can scarcely be recorded. All the terror I had dimly felt before rushed upon me actively and vividly, and I knew that I loathed the ancient and abhorrent creature so near me with an infinite intensity. AS THE MAN MUMBLED ON IN HIS SHOCKING ECSTASY THE EXPRESSION ON HIS HAIRY BESPECKLED FACE BECAME INDESCRIBABLE BUT HIS VOICE SANK RATHER THAN MOUNTED MY OWN SENSATIONS CAN SCARCELY BE RECORDED ALL THE TERROR I HAD DIMLY FELT BEFORE RUSHED UPON ME ACTIVELY AND VIVIDLY AND I KNEW THAT I LOATHED THE ANCIENT AND ABHORRENT CREATURE SO NEAR ME WITH AN INFINITE INTENSITY
ue cannibals. My sense of restlessness returned, though I did not exhibit it. The especially bizarre thing was that the artist had made his Africans look like white men—the limbs and quarters hanging about the walls of the shop were ghastly, while the butcher with his axe was hideously incongruous. But my host seemed to relish the view as much as I disliked it. “What d’ye think o’ this—ain’t never see the like hereabouts, eh? When I see this I telled Eb Holt, ‘That’s suthin’ ta stir ye up an’ make yer blood tickle!’ When I read in Scripter about slayin’—like them Midianites was slew—I kinder think things, but I ain’t got no picter of it. Here a body kin see all they is to it—I s’pose ’tis sinful, but ain’t we all born an’ livin’ in sin?—Thet feller bein’ chopped up gives me a tickle every time I look at ’im—I hev ta keep lookin’ at ’im—see whar the butcher cut off his feet? Thar’s his head on thet bench, with one arm side of it, an’ t’other arm’s on the graound side o’ the meat block.”  AMONGST THE ANZICUS CANNIBALS MY SENSE OF RESTLESSNESS RETURNED THOUGH I DID NOT EXHIBIT IT THE ESPECIALLY BIZARRE THING WAS THAT THE ARTIST HAD MADE HIS AFRICANS LOOK LIKE WHITE MEN THE LIMBS AND QUARTERS HANGING ABOUT THE WALLS OF THE SHOP WERE GHASTLY WHILE THE BUTCHER WITH HIS AXE WAS HIDEOUSLY INCONGRUOUS BUT MY HOST SEEMED TO RELISH THE VIEW AS MUCH AS I DISLIKED IT WHAT DO YOU THINK O THIS AIN'T NEVER SEEN THE LIKE HEREABOUTS EH WHEN I SEE THIS I TELLED EB HOLT THAT'S SOMETHING TO STIR YOU UP AN MAKE YOUR BLOOD TICKLE WHEN I READ IN SCRIPTURE ABOUT SLAYIN LIKE THEM MIDIONITES WAS SLEW I KIND ER THINK THINGS BUT I AIN'T GOT NO PICTURE OF IT HERE A BODY CAN SEE ALL THEY IS TO IT I SUPPOSE TIS SINFUL BUT AIN'T WE ALL BORN AND LIVIN IN SIN THAT FELLER BEIN CHOPPED UP GIVES ME A TICKLE EVERY TIME I LOOK AT EM I HAVE TO KEEP LOOKIN AT EM SEE WHERE THE BUTCHER CUT OFF HIS FEET THERE'S THE HEAD ON THAT BENCH WITH ONE ARM SIDE OF IT AND TO OTHER ARMS ON THE GROUND SIDE OF THE MEAT BLOCK
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