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Updated: May 12, 2025
Never did from the time Verplanck, 'Planck he was called for short, was born. He was a good deal like Monty is, only more oneasy if anybody could be; an' from the time he could toddle he was hand in glove with Jim Pettijohn's little tacker, Nate. Nate, he wasn't so smart as some folks. Not a fool, uther, an' consid'able better'n half-witted, but queer queer.
Hi, freshy!" and I makes another dash for him. Well, he knows the lay of the land better'n I do, and he's quick on the dodge, so we has a lively time of it for a couple of minutes, him throwin' chairs in my way and hurdlin' sofas, Aunty beggin' us to quit and callin' for Maggie, and me keepin' right on the job. But at last I got him cornered.
"Yep. She were a-lovin' the burnt student better'n anything else. And, when women air a-lovin' like that " She ceased abruptly, and her own love for him attacked her as lightning attacks an oak in the autumn. Teola Graves had gone willingly to the burnt student, and Myra Longman had loved the ugly fisherman with a love that hurt like hers.
"This isn't a very nice place," Flossie observed, looking around. "No. But it's better'n being outside," stated Freddie. "And maybe there's a bed in the next room." The cabin consisted of two rooms, the door between them being shut. "I'm going to look," Freddie went on. "No, don't!" begged Flossie, clutching Freddie by the sleeve. "Why not?" he asked.
"Well, suh," replied Gabe, "he's a heap better'n whut he's been showin' lately, that's a fact." "Can he beat horses like Calloway and Hartshorn?" "He kin if he gits a chance." "How do you mean, a chance?" "Well, suh, if he gits a good, hones' ride, fo' one thing. He been messed all oveh the race track las' few times out." "But with a good ride you think he can win?" "Humph!" sniffed Gabe.
"Now, look-ee-heah," the sheriff bristled again, "I don't let no man make Brent out a liar; I don't kyeer who he is!" "I ain't makin' Brent out a liar, Jess; but you don't know how this thing is! The night after I killed Tusk, Brent came in my room an' said he's goin' to take the blame. He said he was doin' it for the fun of the thing; but I knew better'n that from somethin' I heard one time.
I've had a new taste uv decency lately, an' I'm goin' to see ef I can't stan' it for a stiddy diet. The chap over to the shanty sez he ken git me somethin' to do, an' ennythin's better'n gamblin', drinkin', and fightin'. "It's agin the law to kerry shootin'-irons there, Buffle," suggested one. "Yes, an' they got a new kind uv a law there, to keep a man from takin' his bitters," said another.
You'll learn who's boss, an' as long as you stay by me you'll get plenty to eat an' white folks clothes to wear that's a heap better'n livin' like a damned Injun you'll soon fergit all this."
Listen to me: She says how she done it in fifty-three minutes an' you can't do it any better'n fifty-seven; how you ain't no dead-game sport noways; how she's short of change but would bet a man fifty dollars you couldn't an' wouldn't." "She said them things?" roared the old man. "I " began Terry. "She did!" answered Guy Little hastily and loudly. "She did!"
Then it died down, as if giving up the attempt to tear the boat's top out of the hands of the determined boys. "The worst's over, fellows!" called Paul, breathing hard. "Hurrah! that's better'n saying it is yet to come. How'd the Speedwell make out?" Jud asked, sinking back on a thwart, the better to find some place to peep out.
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