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"We ought to land in a couple of days more," the professor answered. "Never mind about worrying Washington, I'll take care of you." "I hopes so, Perfesser," the colored man said. "I got a little girl waitin' for me back in Georgia, an' I'd like t' see her 'fore I git burned up."
"Waitin' till spring, when they'll fetch their cattle up an' settle there." "They want Lydia to keep house for them?" The old man writhed. "Yes, God's sake, that's it! An' they want Liddy to marry a devil called Borotte, with a thousand cattle or so Pito the courier told me yesterday. Pito saw her, an' he said she was white like a sheet, an' called out to him as he went by.
"He's got your Jew look 'round his nose," added Jinnie gravely. "You wanted him to look like you, didn't you, Lafe?" "Sure, Jinnie. And now about Peggy? Tell me about Peggy." "Peggy's with us, Lafe " Jinnie stopped and drew a long breath. "What'd you think? Oh guess!" "I couldn't! Tell me, Jinnie! Don't keep me waitin' for good things."
Looks right through me, it seems and beyond, with them there red-rimmed eyes. "'Seas o' blood, says he. That's all. 'Seas o' blood! "Then he turns around, walks out into the waitin' room, and sits down in a heap in the farthest corner. Never another peep. There he sits till daylight, and the nigger woman, with the horse blanket on again, she sits there beside him, holdin' his hand.
Gray, an' I took my medicine," he growled. "You changed my looks, but you didn't change my mind. I'm waitin' for the folks to come, but I ain't goin' to listen to 'em." "Let him get this off his chest, Buddy. Go ahead with the scandal, Saint Anthony." Gray bowed.
There's his father urgin' him to do it for the sake of the family, and there's a title and a great fortune waitin' when he does. They'll be tellin' him it's his duty as they tell't the Princess Alix, own granddaughter of Queen Victoria, when she married with the Czar of all the Russias. 'Twas the Greek church she went over to."
'The woman's waitin' fer it now. "'I'll tell you, said Abner, 'what I can do. All I have got is twenty cents. Two of these nickels will do for the woman, and then for the other five cents you can take out a book for a week. A duodecimo volume for a week is five cents. Is there any duodecimo volume you would like?
Miriam muttered some sort of answer, but Barbara smiled. "It is very interesting," she said, kindly. "I've never read anything like it." "It's a lot better'n the books you and Roger waste your time over," returned the guest, much gratified; "but I can't lend you the papers, cause there's five waitin' after the postmaster's wife, and goodness knows how many of them has promised others.
But tonight I be'n a-stanin' in de dark alley ever sence night come, waitin' for you to go by. En here I is." She fell to thinking. Presently she said: "You seed dat man at noon, las' Monday?" "Yes." "I seed him de middle o' dat arternoon. He hunted you up, didn't he?" "Yes." "Did he give you de bill dat time?" "No, he hadn't got it printed yet." Roxana darted a suspicious glance at him.
"But she'll never have need of your gun in Separ only to shoot up peaceful playin'-cyards while she hearkens to your courtin'." That was his way of congratulation to a brother lover. "Plumb strange," he said to me one morning after an hour of riding in silence, "how a man will win two women while another man gets aged waitin' for one." "Your hair seems black as ever," said I.
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