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Fer I can see right now as I look into your faces, that Brother Cameron is right, and that what I have to tell won't make no difference." An ominous hush fell upon the company. "To-be-sure, we may have to wait a bit, but God will show a way, and we'll conquer this old devil of indifference yet." He paused and drew a long breath.
"It's a pile uh money to pay out for rubber that's goin' to be chewed off on these here danged rocks," sighed the man. Casey grunted and began collecting his tools, rescuing the best hammer he had from one of the girls. "I wisht it was all profit," he said. "Or even a quarter of it. I'm sellin' 'em close as I can an' git paid fer my time puttin' 'em on." "Oh, I ain't kickin' about the price.
The law what do I care 'bout the law?... It air always puttin' innercent men in jail. That air all the law air fer." "But this man is a murderer," Young tried to explain to her. But Tessibel's gesture, both hands raised, palms outward, expressed her dissent. "They said as how Daddy were a murderer, too," she retorted, "but you found out he weren't, didn't ye?"
Jess does his work and takes his wages, and then gits his fiddle out and plays." "Tell ye what," said Hose Ransom, who set up for the village philosopher, "he ain't got no 'magination. That's what makes men slack. He don't know what it means to rise in the world; don't care fer anythin' ez much ez he does fer his music.
That jest naterally turns the colored vote loose at the polls. And fer the most of the black fools it's who bids the mostes, I'm sorry ter say, as is the fact." "But you know Mr. David has said from the first that he will not buy a vote. Will he have to lose how many of the colored people are there oh, Jeff, will he have to be beaten?"
Lydia Bolton could not remain here, though it was her birthplace and her home.... She longed for friendship! She asked for bread and you gave her a stone!" The profound silence was broken by a sob from a distant corner. The strained listeners turned with a sharp movement of relief. "Fer pity sake!" faltered Abby Daggett, her beautiful, rosy face all quivering with grief. "Can't nobody do nothing?"
That thar's plenty wild 'n' rough 'n' come t' think of it, the Chavez boys owns quite a big grant, up in there som'ers, 'n' have got men in their pay up thar, runnin' their cattle. Ramon could lay low fer a dang long while up thar 'n' be safer'n what he would be out amongst strangers.
I asked ye fer Merry as a man should. I told you I'd had hard luck, when I first came here. I had five thousand dollars in clean cash stole from me. I hain't got a thing now except credit, but that's good fer enough t' stock a little farm with. Now, I wan' to be fair and square in this thing. You wan' to rent a farm; I need one.
"I'm reel glad you don't hold it necessary fer pa," she said with a sigh of relief; "he'd take it so hard, eatin' gettin' him all het up anyhow. Now between ourselves, Mrs. Evan, don't you think writ out manners is terrible confusin' and contradictin'? I wouldn't hev Lurella hear me say so, she's so set on keepin' up with things, but she's over to town this afternoon.
I knew ye wouldn't be satisfied with what this cabin contains, but would want many things extry. I s'pose ye'll order a hull outfit of table linen, a set of chiny dishes, a new coffee pot, an' dear knows what all. I'd have to go to the city fer them things." "No, not at all," the girl laughingly replied. "I can get along nicely with what you have here.
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