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"That ain't the wust, nuther," said Topjack Flipp's usual partner. "There wuz Arkansas Bill an' Jerry Miller, thet used to be ez fond of ther little game ez anybody. Now, ev'ry night they go up thar to Blizzer's, an' jest do nothin' but sit aroun' an' talk. It's enough to make a marble statoo cuss to see good men spiled that way."
Finally, Topjack remarked: "He's a stranger, an' typhus is a bad thing to hev aroun', but somethin' 'ort to be done for him. 'Taint the thing to ax fur volunteers, fur it's danger without no chance of pleasin' excitement. We might throw keerds aroun', one to each feller in the camp, and him as gets ace of spades is to tend to the poor cuss." "I think Jerry ought to go himself," argued Flipp.
"Needn't trouble yerselves," said Arkansas Bill, who had entered during the conversation; "she's thar." "Thunder!" exclaimed Topjack, frowning, and then looking sheepish. "Yes," continued Bill; "she stopped me ez I wuz comin' along, an' sed she'd jist heerd of it, an' was a-goin'. I tol' her ther' wuz men enough in camp to look out fur him, but she said she reckoned she could do it best.
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