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"Ye put the oil in there just crude, as it comes out of the wells, Homer; it don't need refinin' and it runs through this and down here to this, where it's vaporised much the same's they vaporise gasoline for autymobile engines, ye know and then it just naturally flows up to the bracket and there ye are." "It's wonderful, Sam," said I, wondering if it really were.
The Influence of Faro Nell. "Thar's no doubt about it," observed the Old Cattleman, apropos of the fairer, better sex for woman was the gentle subject of our morning's talk; "thar's no doubt about it, females is a refinin' an' ennoblin' inflooence; you-all can hazard your chips on that an' pile 'em higher than Cook's Peak!
"There is no doubt about it," exclaims the sage of Wolfville, "woman is a refinin', an ennoblin' influence. * She subdooes the reckless, subjoogates the rebellious, sobers the friv'lous, burns the ground from onder the indolent moccasins of that male she's roped up in holy wedlock's bonds an' pints the way to a higher and happier life. And that's whatever!"
The spell was broken by a renewal of the thin, high voice of this mysterious Thing in Tom Osby's house. "And now," resumed Dan Anderson, "as I remarked, havin' turned our hands to the stable things of life, and havin' builded well the structure of an endurin', permanent society, there remained for us no need save for the softenin' and refinin' touch of a higher culture. We lacked nothing but Art.
"While I deplores usin’ such a comparison to the refinin’ and softenin’ inflooance of wimmen, the meetin’ of the Dax ladies by chanst anywheres has all the elements of danger and excitement that accompanies an Injun uprisin’." The travellers looked all manner of encouragement. "You see, my wife’s a great housekeeper; her talent lies"—and here Leander winked knowingly—"in managin’ the help."
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