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And you had a carbine and a revolver. Why, I have ridden into a nest of 10 or 15 Yankees, who had me covered with their guns. I killed three of them, wounded three others, and run the rest away with my empty revolver. If I'd had another revolver, not one would've got away alive. I always carry two revolvers now." "I think our guns'll be in the way in that room," said Shorty, sotting his down.
"Well, I'm only askin' a fiver for meself out've him, boss; so I'll take twenty down." "You will, eh? Why, what a generous son of a gun you are, Sam! I should've thought twenty would've given you three fivers profit." "What, an' him the only Irish Wolf in all the world, boss! Why he'll be the draw of the show inside of a week. See him jump, now! Look at the devil! Strike me!
Carrie was always afraid of Jarvey after he-tried to teach her wire-walking, and let her fall. Jarvey would've fetched her right away with him, But 'e knows I don't like to 'ave 'im meddle with her now." "She says her name's Rose," observed the wife of William Sebastian, taking no care to veil her suspicion.
I dreamed about it! though, of course" catching at a straw of comfort "it would've been a lot worse if He had been here instead of the scout man." Deep-breathing and exercises regularly punctuated, or, rather, regularly interrupted, the morning program of work. And bath water took the place of the scrubbing water in the tub directly the floor was mopped up.
How the ungodly rapscallions would've gloated over Deacon Klegg's havin' his head shaved an' bein' drummed out o' camp. That thing makes me shiver worse'n the whistlin' o' them awful bullets. But they can't say nothin' now. Deacon Klegg's bin a credit to the church." They were nearing camp. The Captain of Co.
Her eye fell upon the cage on the table before her, and she added, almost bitterly: "I should think she would've wanted a bird!" Suddenly she leaned forward, looking intently at the cage. "But what do you s'pose went wrong with it?" "I don't know," returned Mrs. Peters; "unless it got sick and died." But after she said it she reached over and swung the broken door.
Not everybody would've figured out how to rebalance this thing. You get me?" "Sure!" said Joe. "You three had better look out for yourselves." Mike stared at him and grimaced. "You don't get it," he said brittlely. "All right. I may be crazy, at that." Joe rejoined Sally. The idea of a picnic was brand new to him, but he approved of it completely.
Teddy's gaping and rubbing of his eyes with his fists, and, finally, his stretching of arms and legs, reassured Tim of the fellow's sanity, and he added: "If yer hadn't woke just now, I'd tried ef lammin' yer over the head would've done any good." "Yees might have done that, as long as ye plaised, fur me sconce got used to being cracked at the fairs in the owld country."
There was a meaning silence, broken at last by Graham. "We would've with a rope if it hadn't been for the boss. He tried to help the fellow; went over there lots of times himself weather colder than the devil, too, and with the wind and sleet so bad you couldn't see the team ahead of you until one time last Winter Blair came home full, and caught him there."
She wouldn't stand for no bow-legged cowpuncher and ye can't blame her none, the way old man Winship used to make her cook for them rodéo hands but Sallie would've answered them letters if she'd got 'em." "But where were they living in St. Louis?" persisted Hardy. "Maybe you got the wrong address."
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