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And this, coming from one who made a profession of "bronco busting," was unquestionably high praise. The Duke lived alone, except when he deigned to pay a visit to some lonely rancher who, for the marvellous charm of his talk, was delighted to have him as guest, even at the expense of the loss of a few games at poker.
But he never took that fall without busting something. The bird is lying about here somewhere. You make sure he ain't up there, Shorty." "Well, he ain't; I kin see every inch o' this roof. Perhaps he fell in between them barrels down there."
"A can understand Moses smitin' the rocks for a spring; and such a wind as we had to-day blowin' the Red Sea dry," observed the old man dreamily. "I guess if you get any miracle down to close quarters, you'll sort it out all right without busting common sense," returned Wayland. He wasn't thinking of the day's hardships.
Not one sight missed them that day, and they turned weary bodies towards the camp that night, thinking of but one thing the cot-beds that awaited them. Wednesday was the day when the races took place. Not only the broncho busting, but horse-racing and other events of the kind. A novelty was offered this year, by having several Nebraska cow-boys race on steers.
"Well, the fixtures what you was carrying at one time, Potash, I wouldn't give 'em junk room neither," Feigenbaum declared. "You're lucky I didn't sue you in the courts yet for busting my nose against that high rack of yours. I ain't never recovered from that accident what I had in your place, Potash. I got it catarrh yet, I assure you." "Accidents could happen with the best regulations, Mr.
Very likely that's why the cylinders have stopped for a bit, for fear of hitting those who are here. And instead of our rushing about blind, on the howl, or getting dynamite on the chance of busting them up, we've got to fix ourselves up according to the new state of affairs. That's how I figure it out.
I'm busting the game wide open for you to play, but you throw me down, and" his voice sank into a sullen snarl again "you can take it from me, I'll get you for it!" "All right," responded Lannigan soberly. "Let's hear it. If I agree to it, I'll stick to it." "I believe you," said Whitey Mack curtly. "That's why I picked you out for the medal they'll pin on you for this.
He was quick to put the new principle into practice. On the lawn there was another pause, this time a question of direction. "The wood, of course!" And they set off together at a steady trot. Few words were wasted when Tim went "busting about" in this way.
"I told you you couldn't get away with it," he said. But Griffiths was not listening. "With all his money, coming around like a rent collector," he chanted his outrage, almost in an ecstasy of anger. "He's loaded with money, he's stuffed with money, he's busting with money. I know for a fact he sold his Yringa plantations for three hundred thousand pounds.
"The old tightwad!" I exclaimed. "It was your cooking, sure, that made him loosen up that way." "Tightwad nothing!" she declared indignantly. "You won't think he was tight-wadded when you read this here letter he left for you. He told me what was in it, and I've just been busting to tell it to Beth, but I waited for you to know it first."
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