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We were all ready to yell for mercy and put on our civilized clothes when we heard a terrific riot from outside. Then Petey came in. If there ever was a sure-enough Wild Westerner it was Petey that afternoon. He had on the whole works two-acre hat, red woolen shirt, spurs, and even chaps nice hairy ones. I discovered next day that he had swiped my fine bearskin rug and cut it up to make them.
"Git hung by his hair some o' these days in the woods, like him the Bible tells about; that happened ter the sure-enough Abs'lom," suggested Stephen, hopefully. "Naw, sir," said Tim; "when Abs'lom Kittredge gits hung it 'll be with suthin' stronger'n hair; he'll stretch hemp." He exchanged a glance of triumphant prediction with his brother, and anon gazed ruefully into the fire.
That young man emerged from his bedroom glowing. He was one or two shades of tan lighter than when he had reached the city, but the paint of Arizona's untempered sun still distinguished him from the native-born, if there are any such among the inhabitants of upper New York. "You're one sure-enough cook," he drawled to his satellite. "Some girl will ce'tainly have a good wife when she gets you.
That was sure-enough water oh, he's a sure- enough Bill, let me tell you!" Bill intimated, as he slowed down the engine, that the rheumatism he had acquired under the water, was sure-enough rheumatism hence his change of occupation. "I was strong enough to be a Human Nymph," he explained, "but not endurable. Nobody can't last many years as a Human Nymph."
"Well, I apologize," he said. "Does that make you feel better? And now I hope I may go." "No, you can't," she replied. "Now it's my turn to apologize. And I hope you have good luck." She held out her hand and he glanced at it questioningly, then reached out and took it in his. "I mean it," he said with sudden earnestness. "I sure-enough apologize. I'm sorry for what I done."
THE great events of Babbitt's spring were the secret buying of real-estate options in Linton for certain street-traction officials, before the public announcement that the Linton Avenue Car Line would be extended, and a dinner which was, as he rejoiced to his wife, not only "a regular society spread but a real sure-enough highbrow affair, with some of the keenest intellects and the brightest bunch of little women in town."
The agnostics may say what they please, but if you get cornered between old age and starvation you will find out that there is a real sure-enough good God who numbers the remaining hairs of your head and counts the sparrows fall. William and I tried Him, and we know. There were terrible times toward the last, when we never could have made it if it had not been for just God.
My geography book that I study shows this country to be far, far from Mexico." "Oh, my aunt!" chuckled Helen. "She thinks nobody but Mexicans can wear gay handkerchiefs bound about their noble brows. Wait till you see sure-enough pirates " "That is perfect nonsense, Wonota," said Ruth, warningly. "Helen is only in fun."
Also, he argued, it would be a valuable addition to their stock of fire-arms. The broken old horse-pistols were good enough to play at pirating with, but something which would really shoot was needed when they started out in earnest on a sure-enough adventure. Georgina suggested that he go to Fishburn Court and borrow a rifle that she had seen up in Uncle Darcy's attic.
I should like to live in a sure-enough house with stairs." "You talk like a squirrel who lives in a tree. And speaking of squirrels, you and I must buy some nuts for our bunny sometime, from this Candy Man. If he picked me up I suppose I ought to patronise him. All the same, Virginia," and now Miss Bentley spoke with great seriousness, "I wish you not to say anything about me to him.
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