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"Hullo, the house!" came out of the darkness. "Hullo, yourself!" replied Shorty, in Mrs. Bolster's tones. "It's me Groundhog. Call off yer dogs." Si and Shorty looked startled, and exchanged significant glances. "Needn't 've told it was him," said Shorty. "I could smell his breath even this far. Hullo, Groundhog," he continued in loud tones. "Come on up. Git out, Watch! Lay down, Tige!
THE boys were sitting around having another smoke before crawling into their blankets, spread under the shade of the scraggly locusts and mangy cedars, when the dogs raised an alarm. "Get back under the shadow of the trees, boys, and keep quiet," said Si. "Hello, the house!" came out of the darkness at the foot of the hill. "Hello, thar' yourself," answered Shorty, imitating Mrs. Bolster's voice.
"Hit's me Brad Tingle. Don't yo' know my voice? Call off yer dogs. They'll eat me up." "Hullo, Brad; is that yo'? Whar'd yo' come from? Git out, thar, Watch! Lay down, Tige! Begone, Bones! Come on up, Brad." Shorty's imitations of Mrs. Bolster's voice and manner were so good as to deceive even the dogs, who changed their attitude of shrill defiance to one of fawning welcome.
"But I say it was the old gentleman's will. You never dared say as much as that in court." "I wasn't asked," said Bridget. "You weren't asked! Yes, you was asked often enough." "I'll tell you what it is," said Kantwise, "Mrs. Bolster's right in what she says as sure as your name's Moulder." "Then as sure as my name's Moulder she's wrong.
McGillicuddy should be behind time. As they jogged onward farther from camp Mrs. Bolster's saturnine earnestness began to be succeeded by what were intended to be demonstrations of playful affection for her future husband, whom she now began to regard as securely hers.
She wanted a companion, and he loves to converse, Heaven knows; and he is sure of one thing he's almost certain, or as certain as we can be of anything in this life, that he will have the best pancakes that hands can make or spoons stir up. I learnt also from her letter Miss Bolster's, knee Plankses that Nony Piddock wuz a-goin into the ministery.
"We must go to the Captain and git passes." "Yo' won't need no passes," she said impatiently. "Foller me." McGillicuddy of the presence of the woman in the camp. He looked quickly around and saw the Captain sauntering carelessly at a little distance, so that any notification was unnecessary. He turned and followed Mrs. Bolster's long strides, with Si bringing up the rear.
It is my opinion that he deserves to have his name struck from the rolls. Is it not clear that he is doing all in his power to bring that wretched woman off? And I'll tell you what, Mr. Mason, if you let him play his own game in that way, he will bring her off." "But he expressly admitted that this woman Bolster's evidence is conclusive."
Bolster's mood suddenly changed from bitter vituperation. She actually burst into tears, and began pleading for her life, and making earnest promises as to better conduct in the future. The 'Squire and Hackberry followed suit, and blubbered like schoolboys. Mrs. Bolster reminded Si and Shorty how she had saved them from being killed by the fierce Hackberry and the still fiercer Simmons.
I couldn't git word t' you, an' I've bin anxious 'bout whether it come this way." "Never tetched us," answered Shorty, in perfect reproduction of Mrs. Bolster's accents. "We'uns is all right." The hissing from the cabin became so loud that it seemed impossible for Groundhog not to hear it. "Blast it, Si, can't you gag that old guinea-hen," said Shorty, in a savage undertone.
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