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Swar, but I war skeered nigh 'bout ter death, till I got dar an' seed him so quiet and keerless; an' Bre'er 'Liab, he war jest a-prayin' all de time but dat's no wonder.
"Frank," said the old man, "I wish you wouldn't be so blame keerless with your figures of speech. It don't sound pretty." The Bald-faced Kid took this reproof with a sober countenance, for he respected the old man's principles even if he did not understand them. "All right, old-timer. I'll take your word for it. Got a steady job, has he? For Heaven's sake, what doing?"
It waz plumb downright keerless o' him, an' some day he'll get it good an' plenty ef he don't watch out!" Then, seeing the look of white consternation in the girl's face, he shut up like a clam, saying only that Ken could "take a plenty good keer o' hisself, when he wanted to."
Dey said 'Hoddy, en Mars Dugal' ax 'im ter hab a seegyar; en atter dey run on awhile 'bout de craps en de weather, Mars Dugal' ax 'im, sorter keerless, like ez ef he des thought of it, "'How you like de nigger I sole you las' spring? "Henry's marster shuck his head en knock de ashes off'n his seegyar. "'Spec' I made a bad bahgin when I bought dat nigger.
"I won't," said Dolf, humbly, "I begs ter 'polegise yer see in gazing 'bout de world a gemman 'quires some parts ob speech as seems keerless, but dey don't come from de heart." "I'se glad dey don't," observed Clorinda, "bery glad, Mr. Dolf." "But what do yer tink missus has done?" demanded Victoria.
"Ye see, captain," he said with jaunty easiness, "hosses is like wimmen; ye don't want ter use any standoffishness or shyness with THEM; a stiddy but keerless sort o' familiarity, a kind o' free but firm handlin', jess like this, to let her see who's master"
"That keerless kind o' hoss-laff jist fetched her," he whispered, and vanished before his chagrined companion could reply. When Mr. Nott and his daughter departed, Renshaw was not in the ship, neither did he make a spectacular appearance on the wharf as Mr.
You'll be erbleege to stop in Gullettsville to-night, an' in case er accidents you thes better tie this on your coat." The old mountaineer produced a small piece of red woollen string, and looped it in Woodward's button-hole. "Ef any er the boys run up wi' you an' begin to git limber-jawed," league continued, "thes hang your thum' in that kinder keerless like, an' they'll sw'ar by you thereekly.
Ez far as my opinion goes, gen'lmen," continued Bill, with greater blandness and apparent cordiality, "I wanter simply remark, in a keerless, offhand gin'ral way, that ef I ketch any God-forsaken, lop-eared, chuckle-headed blatherin' idjet airin' his opinion " "One moment, Bill," interposed Judge Thompson with a grave smile "let me explain.
And," with greater deliberation, "ef anything at any time should be thrown up at ye for marryin' a niece o' Snapshot Harry's, ye might mention, keerless like, that Snapshot Harry, under the name o' Henry J. Dimwood, has held shares in their old bank for years!" Mr. Jack Fleming stopped suddenly before a lifeless and decaying redwood-tree with an expression of disgust and impatience.
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