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I'll take care of you the best way I can, so help me God! I'll work, I'll do the best I can fer you; so help me God!" "And I promise to be faithful to you, Sim Gage," said she, using his common name unconsciously now. "I swear to be true to you, and to help you all I can, every way I can. I'll do my duty my duty. Do you understand?" She was pale again by now, and trembling all through her body.
"Are you not going to kiss me also, Susie?" asked her mistress. The little servant came forth, with shining red eyes showing utmost delight, and was kissed affectionately. When she retired, to make room for others, I heard her speaking to her old mother. "Belike I'll not be washin' me face fer a month now. I'll not be wantin' ter scrub that kiss away."
Often enough he had missed his cue, but now, as if answering a question, he began speaking softly, as if he were talking to himself: "Clara! Clara Grimes! Clara! I've wanted ter say that out aloud fer months, but I've never found the place ter say it in. It sounds quite natural 'ere. Yer know that I love yer I've seen it in yer face, but yer don't know that you're the first woman I ever wanted.
"When I'm a man, I'll swim across the ocean and back again before breakfast, see if I don't." "That'll be quite an undertakin', lad," and the captain's eyes twinkled. "I hope I'll be standin' on the shore when ye git back. I guess ye'll have more cause fer thankfulness then than ye did after eatin' yer dinner to-day.
"'Wa'al, he says, 'I hain't got nothin' now but two seats fer 'Clyanthy. "'Is it a good show? I says 'moral, an' so on? I'm goin' to take my sister, an' she's a little pertic'ler about some things, I says. He kind o' grinned, the feller did. 'I've took my wife twice, an' she's putty pertic'ler herself, he says, laughin." "She must 'a' ben," remarked Mrs.
Wal, Bill needs to be our 'pres. Then there's the 'general manager. He's the feller wot sets around an' blames most everybody fer everything anyway, an' writes to the noospapers. He's got to have savvee, an' an elegant way o' shiftin' the responsibility o' things on them as can't git back at him. He's got to be a bright lad " "That's Sunny, sure," exclaimed Toby.
'Sing'lar man! Uncle Eli exclaimed, thoughtfully, 'but anyone thet picks him up fer a fool'll find him a counterfeit. Young as I was, the rugged, elemental power of the old poet had somehow got to my heart and stirred my imagination. It all came not fully to my understanding until later.
"Somebody's dynamited th' Crystal Spring in th' Cup Rim." "What?" The word was in italics. Its one syllable told all one might care to know of the importance of Billy's news. "Yes. Opened her up fer two square yards. Spread th' lovely old Crystal all over th' range. An' she's gone, as sure's shootin'. Nothin' but a lot o' wet an' dryin' mud to show for her." Tharon drew a long breath.
"We're shore goin' to be on the mud fer the next month." There was something in the air, storm perhaps, or such conditions that have strange effect upon beasts. Pan and Joe fought their cattle and horses all that day, and most of the night. They could not make them travel. Halting where they were they kept guard till dawn, then tried to drive their outfit on.
Quit smokin' about a month ago. Wife, she wanted me to. To-be-sure, I don't care nothin' fer it nohow. Mighty mean habit too. Where's your pipe?" Dick smiled. "Oh, I haven't any now." "Uh! took to smokin' segars, I reckon." "No," said Dick, "I don't smoke at all." "Oh." Uncle Bobbie looked long and thoughtfully at his young friend. "To-be-sure, I don't, much.
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