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Then aftah Pappy died of the fever 'long with mah mothah Gran'pappy cotched it too. An' the doctah said that was what made him so fo'getful aftahwards. He stopped goin' in town; but he came heah 'huntin' his rights, he said. An' he tol' me that our fortune was hidden heah.
I couldn't talk about it when you first came without crying, this yeah is going to be such a long, hah'd one. They aren't going to let me go back to school aftah the holidays. The doctah says I am not strong enough, and it is such an awful Dungeon of Disappointment that it just breaks my hah't to think about it."
"He he set down at de table but he ain't eat none," the boy stuttered. "What do you mean, George?" "He sit down an' look out de winder. Ah brung him some soup but he got up powful sudden, lak he had a call to de telephome, an' he ain't come back." "Are you sure of that, George?" "Yas, suh, Ah ast him did he want dinnah aftah he come back but he say he ain't hongry."
We built a fort near a big spring, an' called it an' the crick near by aftah ole Matt Houston. Thar wuzn't anothah house in this region, 'cep' at Bryant Station; and look at us now! Lexin'ton, nearly two thousand population the biggest town in the State an' Bourbonton a-treadin' right 'long on her heels ovah four hundurd people now, an' a-growin' lak a ironweed.
"That is what Miss Allison will do, probably," answered Lloyd, her cheeks dimpling at the thought. "But aftah awhile she will remembah the old dragon that mothah always keeps full of rose-leaves just as Grandmothah Amanthis did. See?"
W'at time does yo'all wan' breakfas' in de mornin'? An' wen Massa Miles wen' no'th to mak' his fo'tune, he told Bob, 'Bob, I'se leavin' dis heah hous' in youah keer. An', Miss 'Chanda, we done look aftah Pirate's Haven evah since, mah gran'pappy, mah pappy, Sam an' me." Ricky held out her hand. "I'm sorry, Lucy. You see, we don't understand very well, we've been away so long."
In five minutes, the six outlaws were tied securely with lariat rope, in spite of their fervent and profane protests. "Jack Hardy will get yuh fer this, blast yuh!" snarled one. "Maybe," drawled The Kid sweetly, "he won't want us aftah he gets us." They planned to have the cattle moving northward by dawn. Once past Midway, the trail to Dodge was clear.
I desire to see him upon some business." He handed her his card, which she carefully turned upside down, glanced at without understanding, and put in her apron pocket as she replied: "He ain't in jes' now, but ef you'll step in an' wait, I'll sen' one o' de chillen aftah him." "I thank you, madam, I thank you. I will come in and rest from the fatigue of my journey.
"No," smiled Seth, "with the house that Solomon built fo' Pharaoh's daughter whom he had taken to wife." He went on softly: "And the foundation was of cos'ly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. And above were cos'ly stone, aftah the measuah of hewed stones, and cedars."
The man became greatly interested as he proceeded and read the wonderful letter from Uncle Ambrose with kindling eyes. "Glad yuh stopped in hyah, Maurice; glad tuh have met up with yuh; and if so be yuh are short with cash, I wouldn't mind trustin' yuh foh some grits and such like. I reckons sho' yuh'd send the money aftah yuh met with this uncle.
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