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"Them ez kem a-visitin' hyar," blustered the boy, full of the significance of his observations and experience, "air either wantin' a drink or two 'thout payin' fur it, or else air tradin' fur liquor ter sell, an' that's the same ez moonshinin' in the law." There was a roar of delight from the circle of lumpish figures about the still which told the boy that he had hit very near to the mark.
"Nare Gilhooley should ever cross Storm Mounting, 'cordin ter yer saying Petey, an' hyar ye hev been totin' Boss Gilhooley 's gran'son back an' forth across Old Stormy, an' all yer spare time ye spend on yer hands an' knees bar kin' like a dog jes' ter pleasure him." Peter Petrie changed countenance suddenly.
I don't see that he ever did that dad," she replied. "You're a kid in mind an' a woman in body. Thet cowpuncher has been lovesick over you since you were a little girl. It's what kept him hyar ridin' fer me." "Dad, I don't believe it," said Columbine, feeling the blood at her temples. "You always imagined such things about Wilson, and the other boys as well." "Ahuh!
I sees thet ye led me inter ambush ... thet ye planted them peanut hulls.... Thet ye writ thet letter ... an' jest now ye stole hit outen my pocket." "Thet's a lie, too. I reckon yore head's done been crazed. I toted ye in hyar an' keered fer ye." "Ye aimed ter finish out yore alibi," persisted Maggard, disdainfully.
Then, more tranquillised, he continues deciphering the chirography of his companion to the end; when a second shout terminates the effort. "Saved by a angel!" he says, muttering to himself. "A angel on the Staked Plain! Whar can the critter hev come from? No matter whar. Thar's been one hyar, for sartin. Darn me ef I don't smell the sweet o' her pettikotes now!
I makes them leetle baskets odd times, an' sells 'em ter the storekeeper in Fayville, but I never hev none fer myself, somehow, an' I haint never a-goin' ter part with this hyar one, leastwise ef I kin keep hit." "Of course you may. It's my present to you just the same; but don't be afraid that it is meant to take the place of the other things I have promised you."
Yo's gwine hyar it all right," and with this parting admonition to good behavior, Jess went unconcernedly about his business of putting away the articles of his pets' toilets. "They'll be a-boltin' and raisin' the very mischief if you leave them alone," warned Dawson. "What dat yo' say? I reckons yo' ain' got yo' horses trained like we-all back yonder got ours.
"Right down along the base of thet red wall. A line of hosses. Jest like a few crawlin' ants' ... An' now they're creepin' out of sight." "Oh, I can't see them!" cried Lucy. "Are you SURE?" "Positive an' sartin," he replied. "Joel's comin'. He'll be up hyar before long. I reckon we'd jest as well let him come. Fer there's water an' grass hyar. An' down below grass is scarce."
"How'd she make out ter fotch the little tur-r-keys up hyar, when they war hatched? They'd fall off'n the bluff." "A tur-r-key what hev stole her nest away from the folks air fool enough fur ennything," Nicholas declared. Perhaps he did not really expect to find the missing fowl in such an out-of-the-way place as this, but being an adventurous fellow, the sight of the crag was a temptation.
"Paw an' you measured up that timber back yon, didn't ye? An' ye agreed on ther price too, didn't ye?" "We settled both points. I have a memorandum, but " "I knows what ye aims ter say," interrupted Alexander. "Ye means ter name hit ter me thet them logs hain't all hyar because some of 'em busted loose comin' through ther gorge.
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