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"Brother," said Yan, with stately gestures, "it is very pleasant to hear the howls of this miserable paleface." "Ugh heap good," said the Woodpecker. "Ye better let me alone. My Paw'll fix you for this, you dirty cowards," wailed the prisoner, fast losing control of his tongue. "Ugh! Take um scalp first, burn him after," and Little Beaver made some expressive signs.
Paw'll know all about it when you git home he'll lick you." Ozzie B. only shook his head: "It's my duty hate to do it, Archie B. but it's my duty. If the Lord wills me a lickin' for tellin' the truth, I'll, I'll hafter take it " and he looked very resigned. "Oh, you're playin' for martyrdom again!" "There was Casabianca, Archie B. him that stood on the burnin' deck" he ventured timidly.
Because Sary was the smallest of the lot he pressed the dollar into her shrinking, amazed palm. "Paw's got more money'n that," Sybilly announced proudly. "Paw's got a million dollars. A man bought our ranch and gave him a lot of money. We're rich now. Maybe paw'll buy us a phony-graft. He said maybe he would. And maw's goin' to have a blue silk dress with green onto it. And "
And then: "I reckon we'd better be gettin' them berries. It looks like it might shower some; and paw'll kill me if I ain't home time to get his supper."
He's so big he looks like a calf, an' so old an' wicked he's gray-headed." "Let's have a shot at him," suggested the Woodpecker. "He's fair game. Maybe your Paw'll give us a quarter each if we kill him." Guy snickered. "Guess you don't know my Paw," then he giggled bubblously through his nose again. Arrived at the edge of the clover, Sam asked, "Where's your Woodchuck?" "Right in there."
"You win," chuckled Hippy, and the Overland girls laughed merrily. "I'm going now. Maw said as I'd better come down and look you-all over, cause Paw'll want ter know 'bout you-all. Say! Goin' to the dance?" "When?" questioned Emma, her interest instantly aroused. "Sat'dy night to the schoolhouse over in the holler yonder. Mebby you-all kin help we uns to pay the band." "What?
"Air you fellers roostin' here now?" said Sappy in surprise, as he noted the bed as well as the pots and pans. "Yep." "Well, I wanter, too. If I kin git hol' o' Maw 'thout Paw, it'll be O.K." "You let on we don't want you and Paw'll let you come. Tell him Ole Man Raften ordered you off the place an' he'll fetch you here himself."
Bessie had heard Maw say. "I notice he has a way of forgettin' anythin' he wants to tell Paw till jest before meal time. Then he comes over post haste, and nothin'll do but Paw's got to stand out there listenin' to him, when all he wants, really, is to have me ring the bell, so's Paw'll have to ask him to stay."
"It was one of the liveliest mix-ups ever I seen! One of them rich boys bust the cathedral window. Some say it'll cost over a thousan' dollars to git it fixed. An' I pray to God his paw'll have to pay every cent of it!" "Can't you make William J. and Rosy stop that racket?" queried Mr. Snawdor, plaintively. The twins had been named at a time when Mrs.
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