United States or Afghanistan ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"All right let me look at yo' dog." He examined the hound's teeth, punched him in the side to catch his tone, pronounced his yelp of good note, and gave the Squire a pint of liquor. "About as peculiar case of barter as I ever saw," said Tom when the Squire withdrew with his purchase. "Yas, mout seem so, but a good artickle of hound is a currency at this sto'."
The paper said he was the silver-tongued orator of the entire Cherokee pulpit, and printed his picture, and said he'd been paid a handsome figure by one of our wealthiest citizens to take part in the memorable occasion. I cut the artickle out to send to you, but forgot an' lit my pipe with it.
"You sleep," said he, with an old joke, "in a house that will keep the dogs from coming in and biting you." "You mean the jail?" "Yes, that's what I mean. We'll have to keep you close till we get through with you." "Is that the law?" "Yes, as we understand it." "Wall, then, I may not have to shoot you the fust time I meet you in the big road. Got a good artickle of pie thar in the kitchin?"
There was not much to be got out of the Highlanders, a race of men who can drink and hold their tongues. 'Not the smallest artickle has been performed of what was expected and at first promised. Pickle was useless now in Scotland, and remained unsalaried; so ungrateful are kings. The centre of Jacobite interest now was France. Turn we to Mr. Macallester for more minute indications.
Dave, you know, went up to the mourner's bench some time ago an' got a right lively artickle of religion; but when his hoss died he 'lowed, he did, that he didn't want no sich religion that this here preacher would fetch an' he ups an' cusses, he does, an' flings his religion away." "Wall," said Jasper, "this here is news. What air they goin' to do about it?" "Kain't do nothin', I reckon.
Then Payson was successful, and, therefore, despised by less fortunate men ever eager for a quarrel. After a moment's thought Sage-brush brushed aside his fears and brightened up his comrades with the remark: "Mebbe he rid over to Florence station to get a present for Miss Echo. He said somethin' about gettin' an artickle from Kansas City."
"Well, now, Lije, it's mighty kind of you to be givin' out that sort of artickle. Puts me in mind of the old feller that give away his shirts when he didn't have none to spare." "Good natchul talk, Starbuck natchul as the squawk of a duck. But I didn't come here to swop the perlitenesses of the season." "No?" said Starbuck.
Word Of The Day