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During the deathly weariness of that night I saw past the calloused hide of that woman and sighted the splendid courage cached away beneath her bitter oratory and hosstyle syllogisms. "There's a story there," thinks I, "an' maybe a man moved in it though I can't imagine her softened by much affection."
"I told him so and he got hosstyle right off. Didn't seem no ways scairt of me. I don't know what's the matter with that outfit down there. They're plumb terrorised." That night a bunch of steers was stolen from the very corrals of the home ranch. The home ranch was far north, near Fort Sherman itself, and so had always been considered immune from attack.
"'Won't you forgive me, uncle? begs Loys. "'Some other time; some other time! he hollers, and he pranced out of the house like a hosstyle spider, the maddest little man in the Territory. "Loys had a hard time of it until Kyle got so he could travel, and they went up to the Yellowstone with a team for a wedding trip. "The rest of Loys's folks was in an unpleasant frame of mind, too.
"Kink was a terrible good prospector, though all-fired unlucky and peculiar. Most people called him crazy, 'cause he had fits of goin' for days without a peep. "Hosstyle and ornery to the whole world; sort of bulging out and exploding with silence, as it were.
"Just like all young fellers gettin' hosstyle right away if you don't fall in with their plans. Now, Sonny, you keep your temper, and watch me play cushion carroms with our friend there." "Meaning how?" "You see that block of stone just this side of him with the square face towards us? Well, he's only covered in front, and I'm a-going to shoot against that face and ketch him on the glance."
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