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But, no, sirree, jist as soon as he got his freedom, he kicked over the traces like a young colt, an' went away." Rodney gave the neighbours numerous causes for criticism. Unconsciously and boy-like, he did things which were often misconstrued as downright badness, whereas the boy had not the slightest intention of doing anything wrong.
"I reckon we're going to have war, Silas," said he, slowly; "but don't you think that your Mr. Lincoln scares me into that belief. I don't count his bluster worth a cent. No sirree! It's this youngster who comes out here from Boston and buys a nigger with all the money he's got in the world. And if he's an impetuous young fool; I'm no judge of men."
"No, sirree," interposed Mr Lathrope, "and I guess this air blizzard ain't going to last for ever: it looks now railly as if it wer' goin' to leave off snowing." "I think you are right," said Frank Harness, who had been sitting on the other side of Kate, listening quietly to the conversation between her and her father.
And, lemme tell you this, on the word of an experienced gentleman, that is just about what is going to happen. You let two skunks like that get wise to each other and something desperate is bound to come off. Yes, sirree, I've fixed Isaac. It's in the air. If he escapes alive he'll be lucky." "But I need him to establish my innocence," cried David.
"The other day the hull Tribe j'ined to attack an' capture a big Grizzly and was licked bad, when the War Chief Sapwood came to the rescue an' settled the owld baste with one kick on the snoot. Deeds like this is touching. A feller that kin kick like that didn't orter be called Sapwood nor Saphead nor Sapanything. No, sirree! It ain't right.
Lew Perkins sighed as the most important part of his audience disappeared, but having started talking the impetus carried him along, he held Vic Gregg with his hazy eyes. "But they didn't all finish like Plummer, not all the bad ones. No sirree! There was Boone Helm."
"See anything?" demanded Eph. "Yes, sirree! And the 'Thor' is almost a mile nearer than we are! It's the derelict not a doubt of it!" Like a flash Jack sprang to the wheel, ringing the bell for full speed. "Eph, hustle below! Tell Hal we've sighted the derelict. Tell him to hump the engines. Tell him I don't care how much we overheat the machinery so that we don't blow the craft up. Jump!"
Now, I've settled Buck McKee's hash by putting Slim Hoover wise to that tongue-slittin'. Oh, I'll bring Bud around, all right, all right, even if men that ought to be his friends go back on him." "But, Pollykins " "Don't you girlie me, Jack Payson. I'm a woman, and I'm goin' to be a married one, too, in spite of all you do to Bud. Yes, sirree, bob.
Look blamed ferocious, they do." "Would you like to ride on the tandem behind me?" asked Bruce. "Who, me?" exclaimed Dick. "No, sirree, yo' cain't git me to straddle that there animal. Ef 'twas a hoss I'd be tickled to death, but you cain't git a snorting machine under me." "Huh," said Bud, contemptuously, when Dick was out of earshot, "that sounds like a bluff to me.
"Oh, he lit on his feet all right. He always did. He moved on with Stuart, built him another camp in the deepest woods he could find and hunted there all winter jest think, Boy, all winter every day thar wuz a man that wuz a man shore nuff!" "Yes, sirree!" the listener agreed. The mother lifted her head and thoughtfully watched the sparkling eyes.
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