‘Now you listen to me, doctor!’ said Injun Joe. ‘I want the money! Do you remember a day five years ago? I came to your house and asked for something to eat. And you gave me nothing. Nothing! So give me that money!’
He took the doctor’s arm, but suddenly the doctor hit him, and Injun Joe fell to the ground.
‘Don’t hit my friend!’ cried Muff potter. He jumped on the doctor and the two men began to fight.
It all happened very quickly, and the two boys watched with open mouths. Injun Joe got up. He had Muff Potter’s knife in his hand now, and he moved behind the doctor. Then the doctor hit Muff Potter on the head. Muff fell to the ground and at the same moment the knife in Injun Joe’s hand went into the doctor’s back. The doctor fell to the ground, on top of Muff Potter, and he did not move again.
The two boys could watch no more. Very quietly, they move away from the trees and then they ran out of the graveyard and back to the village.
