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had played

the hand

game with

the great

negro from

Cienfuegos

who was

the

strongest

man on the

docks.

They had

gone one

day and

one night

with their

elbows on

a chalk

line on

the table

and their

forearms

straight

up and

their

hands

gripped

tight.

Each one

was trying

to force

the

other’s

hand down

onto the

table.

There was

much

betting

and people

went in

and out of

the room

under the

kerosene

lights and

he had

looked at

the arm

and hand