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"I shouldn't like to have the children meet him," said the man. "Be still!" commanded his companion, "do ye want Square Weston ter hear ye? He's 'nough worried now without yer tales er bears an' drowndings." As Mr. Weston passed them, his lantern revealed the pallor of his face, and one man muttered to the other,
"I reckon I know this yere kintry well 'nough," he said lazily, "ter give yer a pointer er two. I 've rounded up long-horns west o' yere. Them fellers ain't goin' to strike out fer the Canadian till after the storm quits. By thet time yer ponies is rested up in better shape than theirs will be, and we kin strike 'cross to the sou'west. We 're bound either to hit 'em, or ride 'cross thar trail."
Even the hottest blaze of wrath could not burn quite so fiercely when exposed to a generous penitence like his young brother's. He understood Ted was working hard not only to make peace but to spare himself the sharp battle with the demon which, as none knew better that Larry Holiday, did, indeed, half kill. "Cut it, Ted," he ordered grimly. "'Nough said.
It was about three o'clock when Tessibel ushered the little man up the ladder and displayed the clean attic. "'Tain't high 'nough fer me to stand up in," she told him, "but ye'll get along all right, an' I air goin' to fix ye somethin' so ye can see to read.... Can ye read?" "Sure, I can read." Andy's voice rang with pride. "My ma, she's dead now, she learned me how, she did!"
He tol' so many lies that the Lawd jes to make things even sorter fixed Abe, I reckon, so he couldn't lie on more'n one side o' the river at a time. Ole Tom jes knowed t'other furriner had tol' this un 'bout Abe, an, shore 'nough, the feller says, sorter soft, says he: "Aw, you air the feller whut foun' the ore?" Ole Tom makin' like he was Abe, mind ye jes whispers: "Thar hain't none thar."
They grabbed an' chawed an' bolted it like so many hogs an' reached out fer more, which is the differ'nce betwixt an Injun an' a white man. The white man gen'ally knows 'nough to shove down the brakes on a side-hill. The Injun ain't got no brakes on his wheels. Injuns is a good deal like white brats.
I'd crep' down to see my leetle gal, and he stepped 'most on top of us. We weren't more 'n forty rod this side o' whar she lived, and the skunk went in and told how he'd seen somebody skulkin' off, and, of course, they knowed then. They made it hot 'nough for me. I been layin' for him ever since; I was watchin' him through the winder when I see him hunt for this powder.
Tregenza gave them such information as suggested itself to her during the progress of the meal. She was chiefly concerned about her son. "Cruel 'ard worked he be, sure 'nough," she murmured. "'Tis contrary to reason a boy can graw when he's made to sweat same as Tom be. An' short for his age as 'tis. But butivul broad, an' 'mazin' strong, an' a fine sight to see en ate his food.
"She snatched the socks frum me, an' I 'lowed she wus goin' to throw 'em away, but she turned 'em upside down an' helt 'em before my eyes. 'Do you call that a M? sez she, an' shore 'nough it was as plain a W as I ever laid eyes on. "'Oh! sez I, 'now I see. Do you want me to give 'em to John Westerfelt? "But she wouldn't say narry a word.
"Naw, suh," said Roddy, "but he did look rich 'nough to have one. Leastways I ain' seen he had one." "Have you seen the man with the beard since?" "Naw, suh. I jes' tole you, boss, he done shave it off." "And Mr. Morley?" "Yas, suh, I done seen him. He's in de hotel now. He's de same man." "Did he wear rubber overshoes when he had the beard, and when he didn't have it?" "Yas, suh bofe times."
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