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Oh, hit'll sure fix that there fine slim body of your'n, an' that there pretty face what he likes ter look at so, an' them fine clothes'll be all wet an' mussed an' torn off you. You-all sure will be a-lookin' worse'n what I ever looked the next time he sees you, you with your no-'count, half-gal and half-boy name!"
Alice, stand clear, or your silly girl's clothes'll catch as sure as fate. Dicky and Oswald tore off their jackets, so did Denny, but we would not let him and H. O. wet theirs. Then the brave Oswald advanced warily to the end of the burning rails and put his wet jacket over the end bit, like a linseed poultice on the throat of a suffering invalid who has got bronchitis.
"Then you can take your time. Take these flowers upstairs, ask her what size things she wears, and hurry up and catch the train." Miss Upton brought her gaze back from its far-away look and she appeared to come to herself. "Look here, Ben Barry, I'm not goin' to be crazy just because you are. Her clean clothes'll be all ready for her by night.
Fan was discouraged, but there was nothing else for her to do, and it was hard for her to give up this one chance. "Won't you let me try just a few days?" she asked at length. "Yes, you can try; but it ain't no use, there's so many at it. In a few days your clothes'll be dropping off you, and then what'll you do? It's rough work, and not fit for a girl like you.
"I'm engineer on the Cormorant." "Well, your clothes'll 'bout fit me. Maybe she's going to have a new engineer." They laughed together. "Buddy," said Higgins suddenly, "you don't belong down here, do you?" The engineer did not reply. "I see you don't. And we ain't crackers either." "I see that. Where is your land?" "At the head of the river. Prairie land." "What?
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