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But I hope no need for this will come. Yonder is our course, where she heads now, and soon you will be free from me. You have wrecked me. Now I am derelict, from this time on. Good-by." I heard footfalls above. "Mrs. Daniver's compliments to Captain Black Bart," saluted L'Olonnois, "an' would he send my Auntie Helena back, because she's offle sick."
I shoot it efry time now, but the train she whistle. I hear her." The boy affected to listen earnestly. "Bah! I tell you I hear de whistle coming." "Did you say there was a whistle?" ventured the occupant of the stage. The snow shone white on his glasses as he peered out. "Nobody whistle for you," returned the robust Vogel. "You listen to me," he continued to the boy. "You are offle yoong.
Non, M'sieu; dere was not one man out on any of de oder platform dat mawny for to help Alphonsine. Dey was all sleep ver' late, for dey was all out ver' late for see de offle fight I told you 'bout. "Well, pretty quick, what you tink? I'll see Old Man Savarin goin' to my fader's platform. He's take hold for help Alphonsine an' dey's bose pull, and pretty quick de big sturgeon is up on de platform.
If cow-boys was not so offle scarce in the country, I would long ago haf bounce the lot of those drunken fellows. But they cannot be spared; we must get along so. I cannot send Brock, he is needed at Harper's. The dumb fellow at Alvord Lake is too dumb; he is not quickly courageous. They would play high jinks mit him. Therefore I send you. Brock he say to me you haf joodgement.
But Dan'l grumbled, as gardeners will. "Blights is offle," he said. "It's the blightiest garden I ever see, and a man might spend all his life keeping the birds down with a gun." But Dan'l did not spend any part of his life, let alone all, keeping the birds down with a gun. The doctor caught him shooting one day, and nearly shot him out of the place. "How dare you, sir?" he cried.
"Yes, I know what you mean, but you don't know what I mean, and if you're so offle clever you'd best teach me, for I can't teach you." "But I want you to teach me," I cried. "I've come here to learn. What is there in particular in loading a cart?" "Oh, you're ever so much more clever than I am," he grumbled. "Here, len's a hand with that barge."
We come oop the Columbia in the steamboat, we travel hoonderts of miles by team, we sleep, we eat nowheres in particular mit many unexpected interooptions. There was Indians, there was offle bad white men, und if you was not offle yourself you vanished quickly. Therefore in those days was Max Vogel hell und repeat."
Offle!" "You got it much, youngster?" said Peter. "I've got three stings," replied Dexter, who had escaped without further harm. "And I've got five, I think," said Peter. "What was you doing to 'em, Dan'l!" "Doin' to 'em!" growled Dan'l, who was stamping about and rubbing himself, and looking exceedingly like the bear in the old fable. "I wasn't doin' nothin' to 'em.
"My fader he's tear his shirt and he's yell, 'Let me at him! Frawce he's tear his shirt and he's yell, 'Let me at him! But de men hain't goin' for let dem loose, for fear one is strike de oder ver' hard. De whole village is shiver 'bout dat offle fight yes, seh, shiver bad!
When all were seated Schonholz made a statement which was followed with results more astounding to the peace of the coterie than anything which had occurred since the men came together. "I haf bad news, boys," he began, "offle bad news. Mine fader has wrote dat home I must. Nod anuder mark he say vill he gif me. Eef I could sell somedings but dat ees very seldom.
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