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"Rise up, liars, and salute your king!" yelled Scipio. "Oh, I'm in love with you!" And he threw his arms round the Virginian. "Let me shake hands with you," said the traveller, who had failed to interest his wife in these things. "I wish I was going to have more of your company." "Thank ye', seh," said the Virginian.
"Yu' see, that rooster he'd always lived round hyeh when the Judge was a bachelor, and he never seen no ladies or any persons wearing female gyarments. You ain't got rheumatism, seh?" "Me? No." "I reckoned maybe them little odd divers yu' got damp goin' afteh " He paused. "Oh, no, not in the least, thank you." "Yu' seemed sort o' grave this mawnin', and I'm cert'nly glad it ain't them divers."
"I'm not much of a sport," Bucky smiled. "Fact is, I never drink, seh." "Of course. I remember, now. You're the good bad man of the West," Mackenzie answered amiably. "Well, I drink to you. Here's good hunting, lieutenant." "Thank you." "I suppose you'll get right at this thing?" "I've got to take that kid in the next room out to my ranch first.
"My mis'tiss, seh," he said again and his hand went up to his eyes. "The wife of Captain Cary," Harris said in a low tone and the General nodded. "Den bless Gawd de Cun'l come! He pick him down offn de front po'ch and put him under 'rest. Yas, seh. An' Miss Hallie, she sho' was hoppin', Gen'l. She " "Never mind that," sighed the man whose creed was Patience. "Go on with the story." "Yas, seh.
Well, seh, as yu' druv from the railroad to the Tulare frawg ranch yu' could hear 'em a mile. Springtime they'd sing like girls in the organ loft, and by August they were about ready to hire out for bass. And all was fit to be soloists, if I'm a judge. But in a bad year it might only be twenty per cent.
"All night, you say, seh? Then we miss ouh Denver connections?" "You can bet to win on that," was the curt reply. "Damn!" said the ruddy-faced gentleman; and then in a lower tone: "I beg your pahdon, my deah Virginia; I was totally unaware of your presence." Winton threw off his overcoat.
Once more there followed a silence, when I asked: "Thomas, why didn't you give up those papers to the mob, when they attacked you last night? Your retaining them might have cost you your life. I didn't mean you to endanger your life for them." He smiled slightly, as his glance met mine. "I dunno, seh," he replied, with his old reflective air.
The stage had just left when they reached Seven Mile, and Public Opinion was seated on the porch as per custom. It regarded Keller with a stony, expressionless hostility. Yeager with frank disapprobation. Just before swinging from the saddle, Jim turned to the nester. "I'm giving you an hour, seh. After that, I'm going to speak my little piece to the boys." "Thank you.
"Why, I shan't ever know how to be sick without you any mo'!" he said, as her dark fingers slipped timidly from his friendly hold. "Johanna! now now, don't you go tellin' things you'd oughtn't to; will you?" "No, seh," came from the maid slowly, yet with a suspicious readiness quite out of keeping with the limp diffidence of her attitude.
Will you be my major-domo?" Bucky's heart leaped. He had been thinking of how he must report almost immediately to HurryUp Millikan, of the rangers. Now, he could resign from that body and stay near his love. Certainly things were coming his way. "I'd like to try it, seh," he answered. "I may not make good, but I sure would like to have a chance at it." "Make good! Of course you'll make good.
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