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"Looks pretty sore. Yes, it's more than sore; it's infected. How'd you get it, anyway?" No answer. Knowlton probed his face keenly. Rand straightened out his legs, wriggled his toes, and scowled. "Queer!" muttered the lieutenant, rising. "He looks as if he actually didn't know how he got that wound. You'd think he'd remember that much, anyhow. I sure am afraid his head is all scrambled up."
How'd I feel 'bout th' time that I got t' th' Missouri River if I knowed all them hogs an' cattle was layin' around here too weak t' get up cause they hadn't been fed?" He dropped his argument into the midst of them and then sat back and enjoyed its effect. He had intended to go till ten minutes previous. The argument sounded good to him now, however.
It was hot: she felt her forehead wet, her clothes seemed heavy and sticky, and her head ached dully. "How'd you like it?" Wallace asked enthusiastically. "I love it, sweetheart!" Wallace, frankly embarrassed for money, took her at once to Mrs. Curley's big boarding-house in East Seventieth Street, where the Cluetts had stayed. Mabel had told Martie that "Grandma Curley" was a "character."
"Why, ain't it cunning, the pore little thing! It's done up warm. How'd it get here?" "I don't know, ma'am. It must 'a' been left early this morning after the gates was opened. I'll ask the gardeners if they saw any one come in." "Never mind now, James. Here's a letter. It'll tell us all about it. Where are my glasses, Jane?" Drusilla put on her glasses and read the inscription on the letter.
All of 'em. But how'd you answer to Jim Silent, Rogers? If you let 'em get Haines well, Haines is Silent's partner an' Jim'll bust everything wide to get even with you." "I c'n explain," said Rogers huskily. "I c'n show Silent how I'm helpless." Footsteps went up and down the room.
"You'll have to find me another by-the-day," she announced to Miss Sarah. "How'd you make out Saturday?" "I made out " Felicia laughed back at her. "She was a WEED, that woman. The old man played chess with me but she didn't like us to do it. I couldn't take the two dollars " "I'm afraid you aren't businesslike," Miss Sarah chided, "you said you needed the money."
Before I went any further I had to settle that point, and while I ain't strong for payin' visits through the iron bars I was up early next mornin' and down presentin' my pass. "You cub lawyers give me shootin' pains in the neck!" grumbles the turnkey that tows me in. "How'd you guess I wa'n't the new District Attorney?" says I. "Here, have a perfecto for that pain."
"Great work! How'd you do it?" "Oh I I just did it!" panted Joe, breathing in deeply of the life-giving air. "You didn't tell me you were going to pull off a stunt like that." "I I didn't know, myself, whether or not I could do it," said Joe, as he started for his dressing room. "And I didn't want a failure." "Good boy!" said Jim. "I guess I didn't make any mistake raising your salary, Joe!"
"When it's time for the critter to come off the nest you'll see what's been hatched same as the rest of us. How'd you like that Mrs. Wyeth? Had a pretty sharp edge on her tongue, didn't she?" Mary-'Gusta considered. "Yes," she answered; "she was outspoken and blunt, of course. But she is a lady a real lady, I think and I'm sure I should like her very much when I knew her better.
A murmur of approval greeted his argument. Few of the men in the camp desired the presence of a sheriff in their midst. There were few enough among them who would care to have the ashes of their past disturbed by any law officer. Beasley had struck the right note for his purpose. "How'd you put this Jonah out, Beasley?" cried Diamond Jack. Beasley thought for a moment.
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