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"Hello, Bismarck," said Presley, as Hooven brought his team to a standstill by the tank, preparatory to refilling. "Yoost der men I look for, Mist'r Praicely," cried the other, twisting the reins around the brake. "Yoost one minute, you wait, hey? I wanta talk mit you." Presley was impatient to be on his way again. A little more time wasted, and the day would be lost.
You can lose more tire testers in the garage business " "Well, now, you watch Casey! When it comes to putting things like that over, they wanta try somebody besides Casey Ryan. You ask anybody if Casey's easy fooled. But I'd ruther go hunt the Injun Jim mine, Bill." "Say, Casey, in this one summer you can make enough money in Patmos to buy a gold mine. I've been reading the papers pretty careful.
"Mill workers," said the agent, making change. "What are they after?" "Wanta get to the 10.10 train." "And the guards are stopping them?" "You can use your eyes, cantcha?" Using his eyes, Banneker considered the position. "Are those fellows on railroad property?" "What is it to you whether they are or ain't?" Banneker explained his former occupation. "That's different," said the agent.
"Don't wanta go home!" came the heartbroken wail, "don't wanta go home. Mom Murphy'll git me." "I I tol' her," explained Mike uncomfortably, "that she mustn't open her mouth once jus' act deaf an' dumb or you'd guess maybe an' send her home an' Mom Murphy'd git her. An' an' she must take a drum like a boy " Literal Muggs!
One of the girl homesteaders came over with an incredible tale to tell. She had visited one of the settlers outside the reservation gate who had a real well. And his wife had rinsed the dishes when she washed them. Ma prophesied that she would suffer for that. Heine said one day, "My Pa don't wanta leave. We ain't got no moneys to take us, Pa says." There were many families in the same position.
Reckon somebody livin' on my lan' now. "One of de rights of bein' free was dat us could move 'roun' and change bosses. But I never cared nothin' 'bout dat. "I hear somebody say us gwine-a vote. What I wanta vote for? I don' know nothin' 'bout who is runnin'. "I draws a Federal pension now. If I lives' til nex' year I'll git $125 a mont'. It sho' comes in handy.
Too busy drinkin' an' things, at th' Cut," replied Dorgan, who, however, showed no signs of intoxication. "Better go out t' th' kitchen, an' rustle yourself somep'n'," Bill suggested. "Wong'll get crazy if I monkey with his grub," objected Henry. "I'll take care o' Wong. G'wan, you don't wanta be hungry," Bill said. "I c'd do with some beans an' coffee," Dorgan allowed, and took himself off.
"I gotcha," announced Bross, upon prolonged and painful analysis. "How?" asked P. Sybarite, who had fallen to thinking of other matters. "I mean, I just dropped to your high-sign to mind my own business. All right, P.S. Far be it from me to wanta pry into your Past. Besides, I 'm scared to never can tell what I'll turn up like, f'rinstance, Per " "Steady!"
Disgusting wasn't the word for George's emotions. In desperation he grasped at one final, fugitive hope. "All right," he said sullenly: "all right! You don't gotta believe me if you don't wanta. Only wait that's all I ask wait! You'll see I'm right when she turns down your invite to-night." P. Sybarite smiled sunnily. "So that is why you thought she wouldn't go with us, is it?" "You got me."
In fact, it was even contended by some that if you got yourself properly tranked you could get almost as much emotion from a phony-fracas, as they were called, as for the genuine. "Gee, sir," Sam said, "Papa was supposed to be back by now. I don't know where he is. If you wanta wait " Joe shrugged and picked himself a chair. He took in Sam's robes and made conversation.
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