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"I guess they just about quit tryin' to use this road in the winter," Billy said. "It's horse-killin' an' man-killin', an' I can just see 'm freightin' that marble out over it I don't think." Settling down at Carmel was an easy matter. The Iron Man had already departed to his Catholic college, and the "shack" turned out to be a three-roomed house comfortably furnished for housekeeping.
He told Jasper to lead his boy on. There was a reception committee waiting for him there in the person of one Buck Heath. "Don't be a fool, Buck," said Jasper, glancing over his shoulder. "Don't you know that Andy's a crazy, man-killin' fool when he gets started? And he's out for blood now. You just slide out of town and come back when his blood's cooled down."
Sez Arville, "If our nation can countenance such doin's as I have spoke of, the man-killin' and brute-makin', all day Sundays, and not only permit it, but go into pardnership with it, and take part of the pay if it can do this Sundays, year after year, without bein' ashamed before the other nations, I guess it will stand it to have the Fair open."
"That I love you, Vic. I never knew what it was to love you before." "After I been a man-killin', lyin', sneakin' " "Don't you say another word. Vic, it was all my fault." "It wasn't. It was mine. But if you'd only kind of held off a little and gone easy with me." "You didn't give me a chance." "When I looked back from the road you wasn't standin' in the door." "I was. And you didn't look back."
Oh, I know his record. He's afraid to face a court with it. He's been up too many a time with charges of man-killin' an' brutality on the high seas. An' a man could retire for life an live off the interest of the fines he's paid, or his owners paid for him " "Shut your mouth or I'll knock it out of your face!" Mr. Pike roared, springing toward him with clenched, up-raised fist.
I went under twice, I remember, and waited calmly for the end; but before the last sinking I heard voices; then I was clutched by the hair, and as I was dragged bodily into a boat I lost my senses. When I came to, the men lifted me up, and I saw big Finnegan at the tiller, standing erect and declaiming to something astern: "'Stay there an' think it over, ye man-killin' shlave driver!
"It doesn't show nothin'," said the old man gently, "savin' that he's different from the regular run of men an' I've seen a considerable pile of men, honey. There's other funny things about Dan maybe you ain't noticed. Take the way he has with hosses an' other animals. The wildest man-killin', spur-hatin' bronchos don't put up no fight when them long legs of Dan settle round 'em."
"Le's 'lect 'nother hofficer an' court martial 'im!" bawled the sailor venomously. "Sure, make 'im walk a plank!" "Son of a shark!" "Man-killin' crimp!" The whole crew came lurching around toward Madden, filled with the wordy anger of intoxicated men. The American arose to his feet with little emotion save a return of his old disgust.
An' a smart landin' ye made, too, boat by boat, wid every mother's son o' ye wid a gun an' a sword in his two hands. Sure, sir, ye wasn't lookin' for to meet wid no man-killin' wrakers on that coast, was ye? Saints forgive ye, sir, the babe unborn would be safe to come ashore in Chance Along!" John Darling smiled. "You are a sharp lad," he said.
But, 'tennyrate, no matter how Satan wuz laughin' and sneerin' and angels bendin' down from the gold bars of Heaven lookin' through their pityin' tears hopin' it must be a mistake, not believin' it possible that them prayers and hims could come from a man-killin' saloon.
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