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'You're sweetly welcome, said the assistant, busily washing his hands at the sink, and looking sideways at her. 'You're a queer fish, any way. ''Tis a queer fish I am, she answered, 'an' by-an'-by they'll have the cookin' of me. Fried soul, she said, with a faint laugh. 'Begobs! that's funny; I never thought o'that before. Fried soul! 'How old are you? the assistant asked.
"I guess you been purty glad for havin' Necia home again, eh?" ventured the other after a while, unable to avoid any longer the subject uppermost in his mind. "Yes, I'm glad she's through with her schooling." "She's gettin' purty beeg gal now." "That's right." "By-an'-by she's goin' marry on some feller w'at?" "I suppose so. She ain't the kind to stay single." "Ha! Dat's right, too.
As they did so a gust of wind brought a scurry of snow in their faces, and Bènard looked anxiously up into the sky. "By-an'-by it snow like anythin', m'sieu. We must race to catch Chigmok b'fore it come." Without another word he stepped ahead, and began to make the trail for the dogs, whilst Stane took the gee-pole to guide the sledge.
'I don' 'xactly know, Ati, dear. But Tom say he mean dat by-an'-by, if we is good an' don' lie an' steal, an' don' kill nobody, dat we all go to heav' when we is die. 'Lita, dear, Ioane say one day dat de Bible say my fath' go to hell because he get drunk all de time. 'Don' you b'lieve him, Ati; Ioane is only dam Kanaka mission'ry. Wassa the hell do he know 'bout such thing?
They go out o' the private school an' beat the bush for a husband. At first they hope to drive out a duke or an earl; by-an'-by they're willin' to take a common millionaire; at last they conclude that if they can't get a stag they'll take a rabbit. Then we learn that they're engaged to a young man, an' are goin' to marry as soon as he can afford it.
"Well," replied Dorothy, "we'll prob'bly find out a lot on this trip, and we'll learn all about the Skeezers and Flatheads, anyhow. Time doesn't make much diff'rence in the Land of Oz, 'cause we don't grow up, or get old, or become sick and die, as they do other places; so, if we explore one place at a time, we'll by-an'-by know all about every nook and corner in Oz."
I'll see to her, and ef she acts ugly Lisha 'll fetch her round; men can always settle such things better'n we can, and he's a dreadful smart man Lisha is. We'll go to-morrer and get your belongins, and then settle right down for a spell; and by-an'-by when you git a trifle more chipper we'll find a nice place in the country some'rs.
"She is. Yu won't have no cinch ridin' home with that leg. Yu better take my cayuse he's busted more'n yourn," responded Skinny. "Yore cayuse is at th' Cross Bar O, yu wall-eyed pirute." "Shore 'nuff. Funny how a feller forgets sometimes. Lemme alone now, they's goin' to git By-an'-by. Pete an' Lanky has just went in after him." That was what had occurred.
The amazed Martha could only chafe the hands, and note sorrowfully the frightful changes in the face of her friend. The weirdly calm, slow voice began to shake a little. "I'm dyin', Marthy, without ever gittin' to the sunny place we girls used to think we'd git to, by-an'-by. I've been a-gittin' deeper 'n' deeper in the shade till it's most dark.
"Stand here, under dis doorway, and I tell you dis way, where you can see de splendid view ob de whole city an' de harbour an' sea b'yond. We kin wait a bit here while de slabes are gittin' ready to work. You see de bit ob wall dat's damaged dere? Well, dey're goin' to repair dat. We'll go look at 'em by-an'-by."
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