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"I turned on my belly an' crawled through the grass, a bit at a time, to where the spache came from. There was the twelve av my room sittin' down in a little patch, the dhry grass wavin' above their heads an' the sin av black murdher in their hearts. I put the stuff aside to get a clear view. "'Fwhat's that? sez wan man, jumpin' up. "'A dog, says Vulmea. 'You're a nice hand to this job!
"Turn tail? He jest throwed up his head for one good look and came a comin'. "'Oof! oof! I hollered, louder'n ever. But he jest came a comin'. "'Consarn you! I says to myself, gettin' mad. 'I'll make you jump the trail. "So I grabs my hat, and wavin' and hollerin' starts down the trail to meet him. A big sugar pine had gone down in a windfall and lay about breast high.
Jeered at at fust by the unregenerate, it had gone on, winnin' its way into the hearts of the people, until one by one the said unregenerate had regenerated, and now the club numbered thirty souls and the Honorable Atkinson. "'But, says Dan, wavin' his arms, 'one man yet remains outside. One lone man! The chief sinner, you say? Yes, I admit it. But, gentlemen, a repentant sinner.
Oh, Father Pat!" while One-Eye stroked the yellow hair he had ruffled, and whispered fondly under that dun mustache. "The ice was near the rapids now, so there isn't a great deal more t' tell," continued the Father. "He put up one hand, did yer father, wavin' it in a last salute thankin', maybe, the men who had worked so hard with the ropes.
Y'u was watched. Y'u was with her. Y'u made up to her. Y'u grabbed her an' kissed her! ... An' I'm heah to say, Nez Perce, thet y'u're a marked man on this range. "'Who saw me? asked Isbel, quiet an' cold. I seen then thet he'd turned white in the face. "'Yu cain't lie out of it, hollered Bruce, wavin' his hands. 'We got y'u daid to rights.
But no sooiner did t' lass wave her wand ower her head than t' larks started singin'. T' meadows an' cow-pasturs were full o' sleepin' larks, an' then, all on a sudden, t' sky were fair wick wi' em. I harkened tul 'em, ay, an t' lass harkened an' all, an' kept wavin' t' wand aboon her head. I doubted 'twere t' lass that had wakkened t' larks an' gotten 'em to sing so canty.
"'Don't say a word! says Jim, wavin' his hand. 'You have put the next round on me; but I guess Pete and Maggy has had seriousnesses enough, just as she slides heh? "'You're talkin' blue checks, Jim, says Maggy, through her apron. 'I don't reckon I'll ever get too gay to hurt me, nor Pete, nuther.
"I stopped at the head of a bluff far off, an' hollered down ter 'em in the clearin' an' held up the kittle. An' two or three rebs war out of thar tents in the clearin' thar be a good sight o' new graves up thar! an' them men war hollerin' an' wavin' me away, till they seen what I war doin'; jes' settin' down the kittle an' startin' off."
"I'll take that Captain near him who's wavin' his sword and yellin'. The rest o' you fellers pick out different men." The rebel line was in the weeds which bordered the branch when the Captain gave the order to fire. When the smoke arose the mounted officer and the yelling Captain were down. "If somebody else didn't get them, we did," said Shorty, as they turned and rushed back into the cedars.
An' so off they wint on their secret mission, with th' band playin' 'Th' Wearin' iv th' Green, an Tynan standin' on th' quarther deck, smilin' an' bowin' an' wavin' a bag iv jint powdher over his head. "No sooner had th' conspirators landed thin th' British gover'mint begun to grow suspicious iv thim.
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