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"Leave out the 'leftenant, my dear Mr. Alibi; and call me 'colonel' it is shorter," I said, laughing, as I looked at the queer figure. "And so you have not seen Swartz lately? He made an appointment to meet Nighthawk here." "Made an app'intment, did he, leftenant least ways, colonel?" "Yes." "With Mr. Nighthawk?" "Yes." "Well, I reckon they are both dead, or they'd 'a' kept their app'intment."
"I'll have the app'intment sent to your hotel this afternoon, said he." "'Then I said to him, 'This has come out full better than I expected, Mr. President. I'm much obliged to you. He didn't say nothin' more, so I come out." "Grant didn't say anything about Worthington or Duncan, did he?" asked the senator, curiously, as he rose to go.
Finch, but the skipper called 'im Uncle Dick, and he took such a fancy to me that in five minutes I was calling 'im Uncle Dick too. "'Time I was moving, he ses, by and by. 'I've got an app'intment. "'Oh! who with? ses the skipper, pretending not to know. "'Friend o' mine, in the army, ses the old man, with a wink at me. 'So long.
"Danged if I was any more fooled with a man in m' life. I b'lieve the whole thing is a little scheme on the bretheren t' raise a dollar." "Why so?" "Waal, y' see Pill ain't got much out o' the app'intment thus fur, and he ain't likely to, if he don't shake 'em up a leetle. Borrud ten dollars o' me t'other day." Well, thought Milton, whatever his real motive is, Elder Pill is earning all he gets.
I'd rather quarrel than to be made fun of." "I don't know but that's a fact." "Now why don't you tell me all about it?" "I don't see the use in my repeatin' suthin' you've already hearn." "Already hearn? I ain't hearn a word, and you know it. But suppose he do git the app'intment won't it mean trouble?" "Wall, I don't know but it will. They do say that it's a sorter troublesome job.
He's been up to Boston and never got back till this afternoon, so I cal'lated maybe he hadn't heard about Cap'n Sam's app'intment. And I knew, too, how he does hate the Cap'n; ain't had nothin' but cuss words and such names for him ever since Sam done him out of gettin' the postmaster's job. Pretty mean trick, some folks call it, but " Mr. Winslow interrupted; his drawl was a trifle less evident.
"Thar," said Jasper, "thank her ag'in an' then we'll begin at suthin' else." Margaret begged of Mrs. Mayfield that she would pay no attention to Jasper, who was always so full of his pranks, and then to the old man she whispered: "Old Miz Barker was a passin' this mornin' an' she 'lows that the app'intment has come. Have you fixed everythin' at the mill?" "No. Laz is there a waitin' for me now."
"Well," said the judge, rising, "I'll do it." "When?" said Jethro, sitting still. "I'll send the papers over to you within two or three days. "O-ought to be done right away, Judge. Road's in bad shape." "Well, I'll send the papers over to you to-morrow." "How long would it take to make out that app'intment how long?" "It wouldn't take but a little while." "I'll wait," said Jethro.
"Well," said the judge, rising, "I'll do it." "When?" said Jethro, sitting still. "I'll send the papers over to you within two or three days. "O-ought to be done right away, Judge. Road's in bad shape." "Well, I'll send the papers over to you to-morrow." "How long would it take to make out that app'intment how long?" "It wouldn't take but a little while." "I'll wait," said Jethro.
Finch, but the skipper called 'im Uncle Dick, and he took such a fancy to me that in five minutes I was calling 'im Uncle Dick too. "'Time I was moving, he ses, by and by. 'I've got an app'intment. "'Oh! who with? ses the skipper, pretending not to know. "'Friend o' mine, in the army, ses the old man, with a wink at me. 'So long.
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