Carmintel evidently knew him, for they shook hands in recognition. Charley Le Grant and I at the time were under a patrol-man named Carmintel, and the three of us were on the Reindeer, preparing for a trip, when Big Alec stepped aboard. In his usual bold way, the first thing he did on arriving was to hunt us up. In the old days, the fish patrol had attempted his capture many disastrous times and had finally given it over, so that when the word was out that he was coming to Benicia, I was most anxious to see him. And as their chief, he fought their fights for them, saw that they were protected, saved them from the law when they fell into its clutches, and made them stand by one another and himself in time of trouble. He was as bold and dominant of spirit as he was strong of body, and because of this he was widely known by another name, that of "The King of the Greeks." The fishing population was largely composed of Greeks, and they looked up to him and obeyed him as their chief. He was splendidly muscled and hard as steel, and there were innumerable stories in circulation among the fisher-folk concerning his prodigious strength. His height was six feet three inches, and he was correspondingly broad- shouldered and deep-chested. He was called "Big Alec" because of his gigantic stature. Further, no man violated the fish laws more systematically and deliberately than Big Alec. It was also history that at least two patrolmen who had tried to take him dead had died themselves. It was his boast that no man could take him alive, and it was his history that of the many men who had tried to take him dead none had succeeded. Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stoweīig Alec had never been captured by the fish patrol.The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett.The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane.The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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