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It seems conceited priggish to suppose you'd care to own it, but if you really would care to " Mrs. Slawson closed one great, finely-formed, work-hardened fist over the delicate treasure, with a sort of ecstatic grab of appropriation. "Care to own it! You betcher life!
"Yassir, boss I done seen two o' dem go in dar!" replied a wisp of a negro boy, rolling wide eye-whites in fright, and wedged in among the hulking posse. "Well, this 'un's all I seen!" protested the night watchman, "an' you betcher I looked about mighty keerful ... wot time did you see 'um break in?" turning to the negro child. "Jes' at daylight, boss!" "An' wot was you-all a-doin' down hee-ar?"
"I betcher he kills himself," Evelyn submitted. "I betcher he does," her sister agreed. "Well, it'll be on your grandfather's head!" the old woman said. She began to cry, still drinking her tea. "I wonder if he has any money?" speculated Julia. "Where'd he get money?" Evelyn said.
"Won't ever snitch?" "Cross my heart." "Well, then I'm Black MacQueen, the captain of the Roaring Fork bad men." "You!" Incredulity stared from Jimmie's bulging eyes. "You betcher. I'm him, here in disguise as a kid." The magnificent boldness of this claim stole Jimmie's breath for an instant. He was two years younger than his friend, but he did not quite know whether to applaud or to jeer.
I sho' would marry him if I's you an' not turn up my nose at him 'cause he wears pants, an' you can learn him how to talk properer'n what he do an' I betcher he'd jest nachelly take to a broom, an' I s'pec' he ain't got nobody 'tall to show him how to sew. An' y' all could get the doctor to fetch you a little baby so he wouldn't hafter play with no doll.
"You know her, don't you?" she says, turning to me. "Know her, Miss? Well, I should snort! There ain't a prospector on the range that ain't proud and honoured to call her a friend. Leastways, if there is I'll bust his block," and I cast the bad eye on the boys to wise 'em up. "Ain't I right, Joe?" "Betcher dam life," says Joe, sort of over-stepping the conventions.
"Goot! You hear vot Kentucky speaks, all you noddleheads? Now I talk mit Bill. You know der piziness, Bill, und you hang me up brown, eh? Vot you say?" "'Betcher life, an', Jan, if yeh don't give no more trouble ye'll be almighty proud of the job. I'm a connesoor." "You haf der great head, Bill, und know somedings or two. Und you know two und one makes tree ain't it?" Bill nodded.
But they's plenty of feed and water you betcher life I wisht I was back there now instead of fightin' sheep down here! The only thing aginst that country up there is the blizzards. Them storms is very destructive to life. Yes, ma'am.
"Dodey I mean Flo and I don't mind a bit, do we, Flo?" "You betcher sweet!" she answered, and I saw Peaches glance questioningly at Bunch, who was giving a brilliant imitation of the last rose of summer. "But, John, I'm so hungry," Peaches pleaded.
"Oh, he hain't, hey?" sneered the sheepman, showing his jagged teeth. "He seems to have one now." "You betcher neck I have," cried Creede, flaring up at the implication, "and if you're lookin' for trouble, Jasp Swope, you can open up any time." "W'y what's the matter with you?" protested Swope righteously. "You must have somethin' on your mind, the way you act."
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