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"Yer right, Jim," drawled Joseph Zachariah, lounging in the doorway. "I heerd Zeke White tell 'er he was er-comin' ter-night." "Mar " began Mandy Calline, looking at her mother appealingly. "Shet up, you boys," came in answer. "Zachariah, ha' ye parted th' cows 'n' calves?" "No, 'm." "Then be erbout it straight erway. Jim you Jeems Henry!" "Ya'as, 'm," from outside the window.
"'All erbout ther turribul disaster. An' when yer buys a paper yer see in big letters at ther top, 'Man Kills, and down below it, 'Mother-in-law! But in little type between them yer read ther follerin', to wit, 'Cat to spite. I've been stung by them things before." "I'm going to buy one, anyway," laughed Ted. "I don't mind being stung for a cent."
We'll sell the horses if we can get our price for them, and it will be an excellent cloak to hide our real purpose, which is to try to get next to the headquarters of the train robbers." "Good idee. But how aire yer goin' ter go erbout it?" "To tell you the truth, I haven't an idea. We will have to do our own scouting. If the chief knew, it is not likely that he would employ us to find out."
"Thar's gals aplenty, Jack" the people of the hills fall very naturally into the use of the first name "A feller like you mout find hisself one ef he tried hard enough an' I'll give ye some mighty good counsel, because atter all I was borned female an' I knows thet much erbout 'em." "Wa'al?" Halloway smiled inquiringly, and the girl went on.
"Don't write me no check!" she exclaimed somewhat desperately, then, covered with confusion she added, "I don't aim ter insult ye none but I don't know much erbout fotched-on ways. I wants ter tote thet thar payment back home in real money." Except with Brent, Halloway had never thus far broken out of character.
I'll I'll' Marse Dugal' went on at a tarrable rate, but eve'ybody knowed Marse Dugal' bark uz wuss'n his bite. "Skundus look lack 'e wuz skeered mos' ter def fer ter heah Marse Dugal' gwine on dat erway, en' he couldn' 'pear to un'erstan' w'at Marse Dugal' was talkin' erbout.
You sed down heah an' keep still, an' ef she 's upstairs maybe I kin git yer in dere a minute. Ef I can't, I kin put yo' bokay 'mongs' de res', whar she won't know nuthin' erbout it." A moment after she had gone, there was a step in the hall, and old Mrs. Myrover came into the kitchen. "Dinah!" she said in a peevish tone; "Dinah!" Receiving no answer, Mrs.
"Dishyer ain' nuthin'. Wait tell he gits one his still spells, whenas he doan' speak ter nobody an' doan' do no work. Why ain' we got no seed potaters? Marse Wes he took a contrairy spell an' he wouldn't dig 'em, an' he wouldn't let Zenas tech 'em needer. Me, I went out moonlight nights an' dug some to eat an' hid 'em in de cellar. Miss Annie, you doan' know nuffin' erbout de Dean temper yit."
So fur es frayin' an' fightin' goes" his voice mounted suddenly and the half-whimsical humour died instantly in his eyes "I've got some of my own ter study erbout an' I don't have ter meddle with other folkses' quarrels." "Then ye aims ter stand aside an' let things take thar own course?" "Thet's what I 'lowed ter do, but ye've jest done told me thet the Doanes don't aim ter let me stand aside.
An' if I kin't work fer you, Jack, I'd just erbout as soon quit. This 'ere money ain't no good to me 'cept fer body cover an' powder an' balls. I'd as leave drop it in the river. It bothers me. I don't need it. When I git hum I go an' hide it in the bush somewhars jest to git it out o' my way.
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