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But he never frowns on my gay colors." "He knows," Taylor rejoined, "that it's your way of telling the glory of the cause." "Sure! He just laughs at my foolishness and gives me an order to lick a crowd that outnumbers me, three to one." He took hold of Sweeney's arm. "Don't be afraid, old boy. Marse Robert won't frown on your banjo.
"Treble Sweeney's offer, by God!" he said hoarsely. "Cash down beforehand." He brought his fist down on the arm of the chair with a crash. "Oh, I ain't ready to make any plans yet," Pearl announced indifferently. "I want to talk things over with Pop first. He'll be down from the mines before long, maybe to-day."
He gave Brennan and John the story, another typewritten statement, to which was attached his letter to the mayor calling upon him for Sweeney's removal. "That's a pretty one," commented Brennan. "Now, if the mayor fires Sweeney, Gibson will be able to name the next chief. If he doesn't let Sweeney go, Gibson will be able to holler that the mayor isn't supporting him."
At the words proclaiming the conductor's evident anxiety over how Bob felt toward him, they all laughed. "It'll do Jenkins good to worry a little," commented Tom. Then, as an idea occurred to him, he struck his thigh, and exclaimed: "I say, Jenkins is an awful miser. Let's put up a joke on him. We'll take a dozen of the boys, have a feed at Sweeney's, and charge it to Jenkins." "That's the idea!
"Sweeney's been writing to me considerable," he said at last. "He's made a good deal better proposition that he did last year." "I told your daughter I'd double any offer Sweeney made," Hanson said, and then expatiated on the advantage of the wider circuit and increased advertising that he proposed to give. Gallito nodded without comment. Again he seemed to turn the matter over in his mind.
From some of his spies he had heard of my presence in the settlement, and, chance having directed him to Sweeney's store at the moment of Calypso's ringing down that Spanish gold on the counter, he had somehow connected Calypso's doubloon with me. At all events, it was clear that there were such coins on the island in somebody's possession.
I learn that Sweeney's trying to coax her back by letter, so I says to myself: 'Rudolf, you just chassez down to Paloma and see what you can do, but honest, son," he put his suit case down in the road and pushed his hat back on his head and put his hands on his hips, "honest to God, I didn't expect anything like this, the first night I got here, too."
"It's up to you now," I said, "to make a damned fine American." It wasn't more than two months later that Dan came to me to ask my opinion on a request of Sweeney's. It looked a bit off color and I said so. "You can't do it, Dan," I said. "It manes throuble," he said. "Let it come. We're back of you with both feet." Dan followed my advice and the trouble came.
"Ten of the Black Horse! where are the rest of them, I wonder? Oh, ain't they lucky dogs?" "Stuart's men have the sweetest time! just galloping over the country, and making love, and listening to Sweeney's banjo If you want to have a good time If you want to have a good time, Jine the cavalry! What's that road over there the cool-looking one? The road to Ashby's Gap?
"Where's my security?" bellowed Courtney in Johnny's ear, so vociferously that all the grandstand turned in that direction and three park policemen headed for the riot. "Just come outside and I'll tell you," whispered Johnny with a grin. "Ashley, how do you like your car?" asked Polly in the groaning calm which followed Sweeney's infamous strike-out.
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