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"One of Morgan's men can take on five Yankees." Drew laughed dryly. "You saw that happen just this mornin', Boyd. And what happened? We ran. They fight just as hard and as long, and most of them just as tough as we do. And don't ever think that the man facin' you across a gun is any less than you are; maybe he's a little better. Keep that in mind!"
"Dear, oh, dear," said Mr. Dooley, "I'd give five dollars an' I'd kill a man f'r three if I was out iv this Sixth Wa-ard to-night, an' down with Gin'ral Miles' gran' picnic an' moonlight excursion in Porther Ricky. 'Tis no comfort in bein' a cow'rd whin ye think iv thim br-rave la-ads facin' death be suffication in bokays an' dyin' iv waltzin' with th' pretty girls iv Porther Ricky.
He slides around to the player facin' the dealer across the table. "'Say, he whispers, 'I seen the dealer deal hisself four aces. "'Well, an' what of it?" says the player. "'I'm tryin' to tell you-all because I thought you-all ought to know, says the tenderfoot. 'I tell you-all I seen him deal hisself four aces. "'Say, mister, says the player, 'you-all'd better get outa here.
"Jest now, men," rushed on the exhorter, "ye seed Thornton thar facin' death an' he showed ye how a man kin demean himself when he thinks his time hes come. Take yore choice between them two an' decide which one needs hangin'!"
As for you, ma'am," he bluntly addressed, "we'd protect you to the best of ability, o' course; but you can see for yourself that Hyrum won't feel none too kindly toward you, and that if you'll pull out along with Beeson as soon as convenient you'll avoid a heap of unpleasantness. We'll take the chance on sneakin' you both away, and facin' the old man." "Mr. Beeson should go," she said.
Their humor in the trenches, their love of songs, and their dash in action are manifested in all their letters. An English soldier, writing home, says that even in the midst of a bayonet charge an Irishman can always raise a laugh. "Look at thim divils retratin' with their backs facin' us," was an Irish remark about the Germans that made his fellows roar.
I put my hawse's belly to the ground an' we've gone 'bout two mile, when young McElroy comes chargin' up behind a-yellin' for me to stop." 'What's the matter? I asks, pullin' 'round an' facin' 'im. 'You've got a blame good hawse, Jess, he grins, 'I thought I couldn't ketch you!! Then he comes up clost an' says: "That message come wrong! 'How d'you know? I asks.
The answer came unhesitatingly from Rankin: "It wasn't his place to lead while Allister was with us. And I'll tell you what he done after Allister died. When I seen Dozier comin', who was it that stepped out to meet him? Was it you, Scottie? No, it wasn't. It wasn't you, La Roche, neither, nor you, Clune, and it wasn't me. Made me sick inside, the thought of facin' Dozier. Why?
'You will aid, eh? Ah, yes, you will aid. They are clingin' so fifteen poor brothers, and many have wives. But Isaac said, 'Thank Thee, God, and picked up a log from the hearth here. 'Take 'em this message, said he, facin' round; an', runnin' on the sailor, who was faint and swayin', beat him forth wi' the burnin' stick, and bolted the door upon him.
A discovery flashed across Kirby's brain and startled him. "See here, Cole. If a man was standin' on that platform over there, an' if my uncle had been facin' him in a chair, sittin' in front of the window, he could 'a' rested his hand on that railin' to take aim an' made a dead-center shot." Cole thought it out. "Yes, he could, if yore uncle had been facin' the window.
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