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There was no resisting it. The twins doubled up in the corner-seat, miserably screaming, their heels waving in the air; and Davy Roth collapsed on the floor, gripping his sides, his eyes staring, his mouth wide open, venting his mirth, the while, in painful shrieks.
The entire transaction was completed in a few minutes. "You will see Mr. Finch before I do," said Davy to Logan. "Will you please hand him this check for fifty which completes my obligations to him and tell him that I am having the cattle remaining on the ranch appraised. If the appraisal warrants, I will pay the balance of his bill and send the remainder to Hulls Barrow." "Appraised!
Davy is doing what it was in Benn's heart to do. Benn showed the way; Benn called, and Davy came." He laid both hands upon his knees and raised his eyes. "O Lord, I have sought to do according to Thy will," he whispered. He was thinking of a thing he had long hidden. Through many years he had no doubt, no qualm; but, since David had gone to Egypt, some spirit of unquiet had worked in him.
"I wonder how you feel this morning," said his grandmother, half in displeasure and half in sympathy; for David was a favourite. "After travelling all night," added Mrs. Laval. "Up to study, Davy?" asked Norton. "I am so astonished at you, David, that I do not know how to speak," began his mother.
Colonel Fannin, at Goliad, set out with three hundred men, but the breaking down of one of his wagons and a scarcity of supplies obliged him to return. Among the patriot garrison were Davy Crockett and Colonel James Bowie, the latter as famous a man in his way as the great hunter. He was a duelist of national fame, in those days when the border duels were fought with knife instead of pistol.
Selma was eyeing Hull dubiously. It was bad enough for him to have taken her time in a well-meaning attempt to enlighten her as to a new phase of local politics; to take her time, to waste it, in flirting that was too exasperating! "Miss Hastings has a sense of humor that runs riot at times," said Hull. "You can't save yourself, Davy," mocked Jane. "Come along.
He did not open his mouth until I parted with him. "Puir Davy," said he, and rode away in the night, for the moon shone through the clouds. I remember these things, I suppose, because I had nothing else to think about. And the names stuck in my memory, intensified by later events, until I began to write a diary. And now I come to my travels.
Perceiving that my father's temper and this mad bustle were to be kept clear of by wise lads, I slipped into my father's punt, which lay waiting by the wharf-stairs; and there, when the skiff was at last got underway, I was found by my father and Skipper Tommy Lovejoy. "Ashore with you, Davy, lad!" said my father. "There'll be no room for the doctor. He'll be wantin' the stern seat for hisself."
Alix was crying, sort of sobbing, you know. That settled it with Nancy, temporarily at any rate. Now she's up in the air again, and don't know what to do. She's gone and told Alix she won't leave her, but all the time she keeps wondering if Davy can get along without her in that great big city, surrounded by all kinds of perils and traps and pitfalls, night and day. Evil women and "
"I tell you I did see it!" affirmed Davy, stoutly. "Say, I know what he glimpsed," remarked Bumpus. "What was it, then?" asked Step-hen. "That star hanging low over yonder," the fat boy went on, eagerly; "if a feller saw it all of a sudden, he might think it moved. And it does look like a lantern, now, it sure does."
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