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There's plenty o' fellers that would like to run it for me, but ye see I can't trust 'em an' I can trust Jim every time." Jimmy drew himself up proudly. "Oh, ma, do let me stay out an' do it," he cried, eagerly. "It's Friday, an' we don't have much to do Fridays anyhow, in our school." "We-ell, I s'pose then you might stay out just this once," Mrs.
Dividin nineteen pound, seven and six, by that, it makes me come to thrippence happenny a pound, 'cording to the laws o' Massachusetts, countin bones and waste. Mutton ain't wuth but tuppence, and there's lots o' fellers here for sech small debts, that they don't come to mor'n a farthin a pound, and ye see I'm gittin dearer, Perez.
"Well, sir," he remarked, "you fellers are certainly square I gotta say that much. Honest, Penrod, I thought you was after me! I did think so," he added sunnily; "but now I guess you like me, or else you wouldn't of stuck to it about lettin' me drink it all if I kept on swallering." He chatted on with complete geniality, smoking his cigarette in content.
All them old heroes done a heap o' talkin' an' gen'ally they expected to get somethin' out o' it." "Undoubtedly the Greeks and Trojans had thrilling war cries," said Mr. Pennypacker, "but I doubt, Mr. Hyde, whether they ever had any as weird as yours." "Which shows that I'm jest a leetle ahead o' any o' them old fellers," said Shif'less Sol in tones of deep satisfaction.
What fun the boys at home are havin'! You see, there hain't any school Saturday afternoon, an all the fellers go out in the woods." "And you wish you were there to go with them, don't you?" asked the skeleton, sympathetically. "Indeed I do!" exclaimed Toby, quickly. "It's twice as good as any circus that ever was." "But you didn't think so before you came with us, did you?"
"We might adjourn and meet in an hour," suggested Sid. "That would give us more opportunity to invite other fellers in." How Charlie did admire Sid for his easy flow of language! The "lane," as Seamont called the narrow street before the barn, was now searched for recruits, and the barn-chamber was deserted a whole hour. The big horse-flies sawed on their bass-viols at their leisure.
We always called him that. He was one of these broken-down Eton or 'Arrer fellers, folks said. We struck up a partnership kind of casual, both being on the tramp together, and after a while we 'appened to be round about Reigate. And the first house we come to was this Jerry Moore's. He come up just as we was sliding to the back door, and grins that sleepy grin. Like this something.
"Well, there's a feller makin' a speech about me down by the landing." "Wat he say?" "It ain't nothin' to fight over. He says I'm another Dan'l Boom, leadin' the march of empire westward." "Dat's nice, for sure." "Certainly sounds good, but is it on the level?" "Wal, I guess so," admitted Poleon. The prospector swelled with indignation. "Then, why in hell didn't you fellers tell me long ago?"
"My, that's a fine piece of horse flesh," glowed the lad. "We have several teams of those fellows for the heavy work with the show. Of course we don't use them in the ring. Is this what you brought me here to see?" "Yep. Git up there." "What do you mean?" "Git up and show us fellers if you're a real circus man." "You mean you want me to ride him?" said Phil. "Sure thing." "How?"
He told of Crockett and Bowie and Travis and of the final assault. The Panther drew a deep breath, when he finished that part of the story. "They were certainly great men in the Alamo, them fellers," he said, "and when my time comes to die I believe I'd rather die that way than any other." Ned did not linger long over the tale of Goliad. He could not yet bear the detailed repetition.
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