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If I ain't a blind man, and maybe I am, that's old 'Forty-niner' hoofing himself home, and Whew! That's Marty, limpin' and leanin' alongside. Well, I 'low! More trouble and plenty of it. Seems if all creation was just a-happenin' our way, blamed if it don't. Giddap there, Moses!"
Volsky and Bennie stood upon the threshold. "What's a-matter?" questioned Mrs. Volsky her voice sodden with grief. "What's been a-happenin'?" But Ella ran across the space between them, and knelt in front of Rose-Marie. "Give 'er t' me!" she breathed fiercely; "she's my sister. Give 'er t' me!" Silently Rose-Marie handed over the light little figure.
"'It shorely looks like the country is unhealthy for plains cattle, says George Pollock; 'ours is brought up in the hills. "'Well, says Shelby, 'if I ever comes on one of these accidents a-happenin', I'll shore make some one hard to catch! "'Some one's likely one of these times to make you almighty easy to catch! says George.
"'Bout dat time ever'thing bus' loose. Near 'bout all de white gent'mun in de court room take a shot at Bill. He falls, but he aint dead yet. Dey put him in de sheriff's office an' lef two white men wid him. But things was a-happenin' so fas' by dat time dey couldn' stan' it. Dey th'owed Bill out of dat two-story window an' run down to git in de fight.
All my childern was green about town; it made ever' one of 'em sick when they first rode on the street-cars, an' Europena was skeered to death of the newsboys, 'cause she thought they called 'Babies, 'stid of 'Papers. Jim kep' right on the main road, like he was tole to, but things kep' a-happenin' 'round him so fast, he said he couldn't do no more 'n jes' keep out the way.
They look sorter misty-like ter me from here; say, Stutter, what is a-happenin' over thar now, anyway?" Brown wiped his face deliberately, sputtering fiercely as he strove to get firm grip on his slow thought. "A-a-ain't much o' n-nuthing, so f-f-fur's I kin s-see," he replied gravely. "C-couple o' fellars w-with g-guns h-h-hidin' back o' ther d-dump.
"I don't believe God pays me much attention nohow," said the little boy dolefully; "ev'y day I gets put to bed 'cause sumpin's all time a-happenin'. If He'd had a eye on me like He oughter they wouldn't a been no snaggin'. Aunt Minerva's goin' to be mad th'oo an' th'oo."
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