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'N er man bed his pick er places, too didn' hab ter go moseyin erroun' like some ol' hobo lookin' fer day's work, 'n prayin' de good Lord not ter let um fine it. No, sah; roun yer China Sea, coas' Japan, on de line, off shore, Vasquez, 'mong de islan's, ohmos' anywhar, you couldn' hardly git way from 'em.
Saxon looked to the San Francisco teamsters. "We'd come over to lend a hand, seein' as the Oakland boys was gettin' some the short end of it," one spoke up, "an' we've sure learned some scabs there's better trades than drivin' team. Well, me an' Jackson here was nosin' around to see what we can see, when your husband comes moseyin' along. When he " "Hold on," Jackson interrupted.
Goodhue," says he, 'nd he choked all up as he moved off with that yaller little baby in his arms. It warn't very fur up the road he wuz goin', 'nd he found a seat in one uv the front cars. But along about an hour after that back come Bill, moseyin' through the car like he wuz huntin' for somebody. Seemed like he wuz in trubble and wuz huntin' for a friend.
I'd like blame well to be moseyin' to Whoop-Up my own self," Gosse said uneasily. "You'll stay right here an' go through with this job, Harv," West told him flatly. "All you boys'll do just that. If any of you's got a different notion we'll settle that here an' now. How about it?" He straddled up and down in front of his men, menacing them with knotted fists and sulky eyes.
Stella understood him and agreed with him. Soon they were ready to start for the ball. The carriage was got out and Carl volunteered to drive the horses, while the other boys rode. Just as they were about to start Stella cried: "Where is Jack Slate? I don't see him. Isn't he coming to the ball?" "Haven't saw him," said Bud. "I reckon he'll be moseyin' erlong after a while. We won't wait fer him.
The rest is layin' low somewhere, most likely. Watch out they don't get you! I ain't seen 'em run off, yet!" "How did it happen?" "I ain't got it clear in my head, yet. Just happened, I reckon. The Judge was settin' on the ledge just in front of the dobie house you had him in. I was moseyin' along the edge, tryin' to figger out what a light in the sky off towards Manti meant.
I've bin moseyin' around out in the country tryin' to find something for 'em to eat, and the other day I borryed a hoss, which I was tryin' to take back, when this cavalry Captain come along, and tuk the hoss away from me and give me this cow instid. I hadn't no idee where he got her, and he didn't give me time to ask, for he started on the jump after some guerrillas."
Not that I would have minded that so much, either, after the first week," he added in his droll way, "but considering all the circumstances it would have been rather a poor sort of finish." "And what about Yavapai Joe?" asked Phil. Patches smiled. "Where is Joe? What's he been doing all day?" The Dean answered. "He's just been moseyin' around.
For both men had seen that Latimer had left his friends at the stable door and was coming slowly toward the bunkhouse. "You'll have to be slick," warned Rogers. "He's comin'. I'll be moseyin' out of the way." He moved slowly from the bench, passed the group of card-players, and walked to the ranchhouse, where he hung the cinch buckle on a nail driven into the wall of the building.
Well, I was moseyin' along quiet and peaceful, wonderin' how long since anything ever really happened in that partic'lar section, when all of a sudden I feels about a cupful of cold water strike me in the back of the neck. "Wow!" says I. "Who's playin' me for a goat now?"
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