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He was stricken with fear after he had mailed his letter, it was so bulky. He was appalled at the length of time which must pass before he might reasonably expect to hear from her. He counted the days, the hours that intervened. Her note came at last, and it made his blood leap as the clerk flung it out with a grin. "She's blessed yeh this time!"
But all th' good hot grub yeh can eat. B'Gawd, I hung around there long as I could till th' ol' man fired me. 'Git t' hell outa here, yeh wuthless skunk, git t' hell outa here, an' go die, he ses. 'You're a hell of a father, I ses, 'you are, an' I quit 'im."
Trescott. "Thet little quirly thing there," said Mr. Trescott, spreading a map out on my library table and pointing with his trembling and knobby forefinger, "is Wolf Nose Crick. It runs into the Cheyenne, down about there, an' 's got worlds o' water fer any sized herds, an' carries yeh back from the river fer twenty-five miles.
"I hope I'll see yeh once in a while, boys, to taik over old times." "Of course," said Saunders, whose voice trembled a little, too. "It ain't exactly like dyin'." "But we'd ought'r go home with you," said the younger man. "You never'll climb that ridge with all them things on yer back." "Oh, I'm all right! Don't worry about me. Every step takes me nearer home, yeh see. Well, goodbye, boys."
"Yass, sah! Yass, sah! Hun f'om Boston! He's got de chisel and de hammer and de saw." We all stared. "Come, come, doctor," said Roger. "What's this cock-and-bull story?" "Yass, sah, he's got de chisel and de hammer and de saw. Ah was a-watchin', yass, sah. He don't fool dis yeh ol' nigger. Ah see him sneakin' round when Chips he ain't looking."
If the papers get hold of it they'll cook up a lot of silly details that'll excite the cupidity of every thief in the country, and make me more trouble than I care to ah contemplate." Hickey's eyes glistened. "Of course, if yeh want it kept quiet " he suggested significantly. Anisty's hand sought his pocket. "How much?" "Well, I guess I can leave that to you.
A leg of the charger extended slantingly upward precisely as stiff as a stake. Around this motionless pair the shells still howled. There was a quarrel in A Company. Collins was shaking his fist in the faces of some laughing comrades. "Dern yeh! I ain't afraid t' go. If yeh say much, I will go!" "Of course, yeh will! You'll run through that there medder, won't yeh?"
Then the rest laughed and took seats, but Brann remained standing near Albert's chair. He had not finished yet. "I'm mighty glad yeh don't lay it up against me, Lohr; an' I want 'o say the doctor's bill is all right; you un'erstand, it's all right." Albert looked at him a moment in surprise.
I sent up this evening to the Admiral my letter to Yeh, which is to be delivered on Saturday the 12th. He is to have ten days to think over it, and if at the end of that time he does not give in, the city will be taken. We are in for it now.
"There, now!" triumphantly cried the squat man. "Didn't I tell yeh? Give him a show! 'Tain't no fault of his that he's a tenderfoot. He'll get over that." Gillispie shook hands with first one and then the other of the men. "It's a square deal from this on," he said. "Come and have a drink." That's how they met John Henderson, John Gillispie, and John Waite.
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