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Who in 'ell's a'goin' to draw the water for the mornin' tea? Do you think I'm a'goin' to? Well, I'm not," and he left. I filled the dixie with water from an old squeaking well, and once again lay down in the straw. Just before dozing off, Mr. Lance-Corporal butted in. In Tommy's eyes, a Lance-Corporal is one degree below a Private. In the Corporal's eyes, he is one degree above a General.
Kettle, on reporting to the Colonel, said solemnly, "Kun'l, I ain't never goin' ter try an' enlist no mo', so help me Gord A'mighty. An' I ain't a'goin' to pay no more 'tention to the chaplain's sermons, 'cause 'twuz that there chaplain as fust got me in this here mess, cuss him!" This last was under Kettle's breath, and the Colonel pretended not to hear.
"Ye're agoin' ter do one of two things, Joe," she announced with finality. "Ye're either agoin' ter ask his pardon, whilst I stands by an' hears ye do hit or else ye're a'goin' ter tell him thet ye licked him over ther wrong words an' thet seein' ye blundered, ye're willin' ter lick him afresh over ther right ones him or anybody he names ter fight in his place."
"Well, ye see, honey, I stayed an' lived with 'em. An' now jes' look here: instead o' keepin' my promise an' bein' good, as I told the Lord I would, jest as soon as everything got a'goin' easy, I FORGOT ALL ABOUT GOD.
He snatched it up before it was out and lit his cigar, and puffing smoke in a vigilant way again he eyed his daughter. "I've done what I could," she said painfully, "but they seem to have made up their minds." "Then they'll unmake 'em," he replied, and he leaned forward heavily. "They'll unmake 'em," he repeated, in a thick unnatural tone. "I'm not a'goin' to hear to it!"
"But hold on a bit mebbe now somethin's a'goin' to strike up we'll both be sorter glad to set eyes on looky there, old hoss, what do you see?" A man had come out of the odd-looking shack constructed from the coquina rock found in different parts of Florida, and formed by insects, science has decided.
Is that what it means then, Jack some tough guys been out there on the gulf keepin' a close watch on the schooner that came up the coast loaded to the gun'ls with case goods, an' crept in with small boats to make a big haul! Listen to 'em squabble, will you, boy? What wouldn't I give for daylight so's to see that boss shindy shootin' keeps a'goin' on like the old days over there wow!
After the evening meal old McGee put in an appearance and a bargain was struck. But if he was, as Zeb put it, "close-mouthed" on some subjects, he was not on others. "So yer are a'goin' out inter the desert, hey?" he asked the boys. "That's our intention," said Dick. The old man shook his head. "The desert's a tough place," he said. "A mighty tough place.
"Cause you know, partner," Perk went on solemnly, "when we do want to skip out it's bound to be in a hoppin' hurry an' there'd be no time to look her over then, by jiminy. Jest lie around an' take things easy-like your work is a'goin to be mostly with the brain, while I'm the lad to use the muscle."
"But I say," replied Kettle, spurred by fear, "you is a deceiver, suh a deceiver, and I'm a'goin to tell the Kun'l on you and he'll do for you that he will."
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