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Which certainly was brilliant of Happy Jack, even if it did take him a full hour to arrive at that conclusion. He got up immediately and started for the cook-tent. "Say, Jakie," he began before he was inside, "ain't there time enough to boil a pot uh beans if I make yuh a good fire? I betche the boys would like a good feed " "A-a-hh!"
"Hi, oh, Brothah Jim, at it agin?" Jim did not reply. "Well, des' heish up an' go 'long. We got to mek some 'lowances fu' you young convu'ts. Wen you gwine cook dat 'possum, Brothah Jim?" "I do' know, Brothah Pahkah. He so po', I 'low I haveter keep him and fatten him fu' awhile." "Uh, huh! well, so long, Jim." "So long, Brothah Pahkah." Jim chuckled as he went away. "I 'low I fool dat ol' fox.
The man's family, his son Jean, his daughter-in-law and his two grandchildren were standing a few feet behind him, bewildered and affrighted. The colonel went on: "Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?" The old man answered with the same stupid look: "I did." "You killed them all?" "Uh huh! I did." "You alone?
Whitey turned and looked at Injun, who was stolidly watching the riders disappear. "Can you beat that?" Whitey demanded. "String Beans walked as well as any one. I'll bet he wasn't hurt at the mine at all. That he was just pretending." "Uh," muttered Injun. "Mebbe they've stolen something," continued Whitey. "No, no come into the house, me hear 'em," said Injun. "In bunk house nothin' to steal."
Yah can't get dealt out to yuh the cards yuh want, without getting some along with 'em that yuh don't want. What gets me is, I don't see how in thunder I'm going to ditch m' discard. If I could just turn 'em face down on the table and count 'em out uh the game old Brown and his fences and his darn ditch, and that dimply blonde person and the Pilgrim oh, hell!
Your dad's bought a lot more cattle, and they've drifted like hell; we've got to cover mighty near the whole State uh Montana and part uh South Africa to gather them in." "You're a blamed pessimist," I told him, "and you can't give me cold feet that easy. If you knew how I ache to get a good horse under me " "Thought they had horses out your way," Frosty cut in.
"The sand does feel good, but uh! it's getting colder and colder!" she wailed, as she cautiously advanced into the water. "I'll think up punishments for you. You've not only caused me to be cold, but you've made me abominably self-conscious." "Don't be self-conscious, blessed. We are just children exploring."
We should also have ten thousand dollars for expenses, in order to run clear without adding to our liabilities. I rely upon you to help manage it. If you would postpone any more gathering of beef until " "It's just about a case uh now or never," Billy cut in. "There's only about so long to gather beef before they begin to fall off in weight.
Gilson, by begging, "Oh yes, please do come, Milt." He consented, savagely. "But first," Claire added to Mrs. Gilson, "I want us to take the boys to Oh, I have the bulliest idea. Come, everybody. We're going riding." "Uh, where ?" hinted Mr. Gilson. "That's my secret. Come!" Claire pranced to the door, herded all of them down to the limousine, whispered an address to the chauffeur.
Uh, gad! Swouns, I shall never survive the idea!" It is seldom that youth, however high-minded, is able, from mere strength of character and principle, to support itself against the force of ridicule.
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