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Then Peter the Great and Lilly sat down, took a long grave look at each other, threw back their heads, opened their cavernous mouths, and indulged in a quiet but hearty laugh. "Now you kin come out, dearie," said Lilly, turning to the coffee-hole on recovering composure. But no response came from the "vasty deep." "De coast's cl'ar, my dear," said Peter, rising.
"No sooner am I cl'ar of Vegas I'm camped near the Plaza de la Concepcion at the time when I rounds up the eight mules an' looks 'em over with reference to their characters. This is jest after I acquires 'em. It's allers well for a gent to know what he's ag'inst; an' you can put down a stack the disp'sitions of eight mules is a important problem. "The review is plenty satisfactory.
"I'm with yer," responded the scout. "He's one of the most likely youngsters I've ever met, and I'll risk a good deal to fetch him along. I'm in hopes that we're purty well out of the woods, though we may have some trouble afore we get cl'ar of Lone Wolf and the rest." "As soon as we get the critters to ride, I s'pose we kin be off." "That's all, and that won't take me long.
Still, somethin' must be done; an' while my mind is by no means cl'ar, I su'gests we turn the gent over to Jack Moore, which is the marshal hereof, to ride herd on him till further orders; an' I makes a motion to that effect. "'Seconds the motion! says Short Creek Dave.
Rogers then asked of Tommy and Buddy, who at this moment came around the corner of the house, prancing and dancing, each astride a stick horse. "Whut! You hain't? Drap them sticks this minit, or I'll w'ar 'em out on yer backs! Cl'ar out to thet woodpile, fast ez yer laigs'll carry you.
There was the skin of a monstrous Wolf, but no other hint of triumph. We buried the fearless one on a butte back of the Ranch-house. Penroof, as he stood by, was heard to grumble: "By jingo, that was grit cl'ar grit! Ye can't raise Cattle without grit." It was during the great blizzard of 1882 that I first met the Winnipeg Wolf. I had left St.
But what the devil, Major, does he want with a doctor? Chad!" "Yes, sah!" "Was the colonel sick this morning?" "No, sah. Eat two b'iled eggs, and a dish ob ham half as big as yo' han'. He wa'n't sick, 'cause I yerd him singin' to hisself all fru de tunnel cl'ar out to de street." We sat down and looked at each other. Could anybody else be sick?
But so long as Nella-Rose is above ground he'll naturally cum back." "And Nella-Rose, the little no-count; did she repay Jed, the poor cuss?" "Nella-Rose don't repay no one she ain't more'n half real, whatever way you put it. But just see how this fixes a sheriff, will yo'? Knowing what I do, I can't jail either o' them chaps with a cl'ar conscience. Gawd!
"There warn't no time to be a-considerin' of yaller chaps, fur the raft was settin' dead onter the big rocks in the middle o' the rapid, an' Sandy an' me was a-heavin' an' a gruntin' on them sweeps to swing her cl'ar.
'I begin to think I've been two ends of a dashed fool; but what's a man to do? 'See here, now, he said; 'you hev two cl'ar weeks afore ye. You slack off and go slow; that'll let her see you didn't sorter cotton to her more'n's in the regulations. 'And have a row with her? 'Sartin, says Bill, 'and hev the shootin' over right away.