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He looked at Patches, wildly, but spoke in a sullen tone. "What's he doin' here? What does he want? How did he get to this country, anyhow?" Patches was amazed, but spoke calmly. "Whom do you mean, Joe?" "I mean that man back there, Parkhill Professor Parkhill. What's he a-lookin' for hangin' 'round here?
He literally had ground the stem in two with his teeth. "Go home now both of you," he said, a moment later, following his own awkward laugh. "You can't afford to be seen here. I'll look out for Brad. The Colonel won't come here a-lookin' for him, you can bet your life on that. You'll hear from me to-morrow. Maybe you think I ain't sick of this business?
Why, they couldn't wash less'n they had a basin to do it in an' a towel to dry on, an' it mixed 'em all up to try to sleep on the ground rolled in a blanket. An' when it come to grub, well, they was a-lookin' for napkins an' bread-an'-butter plates, an' finger bowls, an' I don't know what all! It jest made me plumb tired, it sure did!" And the old miner sighed deeply.
He was a-lookin' at the pianner standin' there in the warehouse, an' he says to Jud, says he: "'That there pianner has be'n in our family ever sence we was married. Marthy allus sot a heap o' store by that pianner. It was my first present to her, an' I know she thinks a hull lot of it, even if she don't seem ter keer. Trouble is, she don't know what sendin' it down the flume means.
"Found the fortun' as he were always a-lookin' for, a sack o' golden soverings, sir, an' bank-notes, Mr. Belloo, sir, bushels on 'em; enough ah! more 'n enough to pay off that mortgage, and to send that theer old Grimes about his business, an' away from Dapplemere for good an' all, sir." "So Grimes is really paid off, then, is he, Adam?"
"Sundays they're a-lookin' down the road, expectin' he'll come. Sunday afternoons they can't think o' nothin' else, 'cause he's here. Monday mornin's they're sleepy and kind o' dreamy and slimpsy, and good fr nothin' on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday they git absent-minded, an' begin to look off toward Sunday agin, an' mope aroun' and let the dishwater git cold, rtght under their noses.
An' then along come you all a-lookin' like hell an' shyin' at questions." We took the information with no sign, although it confirmed our theory about the ferry. Ump turned gravely to the tavern-keeper. "I'll clear it all up for you slick as a whistle." Then he arose and pressed his fingers against the tavern-keeper's chest. "Roy," he said, "this is the marrow out of that bone.
"I hate boys," she exploded, "they're the worry of our lives, Car'line and mine, they get into our garden, and steal all our fruit, and they hang on behind our chaise when we ride out, and keep me a-lookin' round an' slashin' the whip at 'em the whole livelong time; O my boys!" "What in the world is Polly Pepper doing up on those rocks?" cried Jasper, just spying her.
I've seen 'em; I've laid 'n' watched 'em 'most a thousand times. He blinks agin, 'n' finds hisse'f a-lookin' squar in ter a pair of twinklin' eyes that seems ter've been awake all night, jest a-watchin', with sly longin', from 'tween two leaves. Maybe he'd seen those eyes afore, but not jest like this.
"And then?" "That's all. The sick men are headin' for the houses. They ain't yellin' any more, an' they don't look sick any more. An' I just keep settin' on my horse a-lookin' on." At this all three of my listeners broke into laughter. "An' I'm a big man!" I cried out angrily. "An' I got a big sword!"
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