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"An' that ain't all; when I gathers myself up, here's the tail-lights of a couple of taxis disappearin' into Forty-fourth Street, an' the crowd laughin' an' joshin' me somethin' fierce. I guess I dreamt that, too, eh? "An' that ain't the worst of it. Down to headquarters I draws a thirty-day space without! An' then, again, I guess they'll shove me right along for promotion on top of this. Not!
"And that was because he wouldn't see one wid the blood of Lamh Laudher in his veins married to a woman that he had reason to think I don't like to my it, Nelly but you know it is said that there was darkness, and guilt, too, about the disappearin' of your child.
Fortunately Slim was asleep, and did not hear this reflection on his character, so Buck continued: "Well, our stock had been disappearin' in bunches, an' purty soon them bunches begins t' seem more like herds, an' somethin' had t' be did, an' Squeak Gordon, th' manager, wa'n't no man for th' job." "Squeak!" interrupted Jim. "That's a fine name for a white man."
The prosecutin' attorney says he'll sure cinch him and Urbina, both. One of Lewis's men got on a bender the other night and declared Adolfo would never come to trial." "What did he mean?" "It may have been mescal talk, but witnesses sometimes have a way of disappearin'. I wouldn't put anything past that gang."
Then he shifted it slowly westward, and a low exclamation broke from his lips as he lowered the glass, and looked at Aldous. "Johnny, she's just goin' into the gorge! She was just disappearin' when I caught her!" "Going into the gorge!" gasped Aldous, jumping to his feet. "Mac " MacDonald rose and stood at his side.
I yells to Tusky, kickin' over my chair, as I springs to my feet. "Stop 'em! Stop 'em!" But it was too late. Out the gate sprinted them poor devoted chickens, and up the road they trailed in vain pursuit. The last we seen of 'em was a mingling of dust and dim figgers goin' thirty mile an hour after a disappearin' automobeel. That was all we seen for the moment.
Not that I'd mapped out anything definite. I only knew I had something special and particular to say to Auntie, but I couldn't spring it unless I got the proper hunch. So the afternoon petered out, and the sun dropped into the Gulf, and folks begun disappearin' to dress for dinner.
But what more words might have passed between us, wuz cut short by the arrival of Ezra and Druzilla in a good big carriage, with Miss Balch on the back seat, and Ezra acrost from her, and a man up in front a drivin'. It wuz a good lookin' sight, and I hastened down the steps, Josiah disappearin' inside jest as quick as he ketched sight of their heads.
Bob's face went white with anger, but the older man's held a troubled look. Dale's face told no story whatsoever. "I wish he'd fall," Bob gritted his teeth. "He's just above the disappearing stream, Colonel!" "What's the disappearin' stream?" Dale asked. "It's a good sized creek that comes tearing down and tumbles into a sort of cave.
I shall not waste another word on thickheads." The teeth of the Ring Tailed Panther came together with a click, and he looked ominously at Urrea. "You may not say anything," he growled, "but I will. I didn't trust you at first, Don Francisco, an' there have been times all along since then when I didn't trust you. You're a smooth talker, but your habit of disappearin' has been too much for me.
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