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The other had his back toward them, but he turned as they entered, and nodded casually to the outlaw. Helen's heart jumped to her throat when she saw it was Val Collins. The two men looked at each other steadily in a long silence. Wolf Leroy was the first to speak. "You damn fool!" The swarthy face creased to an evil smile of derision. "I ce'tainly do seem to butt in considerable, Mr.
"Johnnie, I'm going to ask Miss Whitford here for dinner to-night." "Say, you ce'tainly get the best notions, honeybug," he shouted. "Do you think she'll come?" "Sure she'll come." "I'll fix up the bestest dinner ever was, and maybe " Her conclusion wandered off into the realm of unvoiced hopes, but her husband knew what it was as well as it she had phrased it.
And he murmured something about getting in bad with the police. Clay tried to explain. "Me, I'm not rough-housing. I'm tellin' this here Lord of Life to apologize to the little lady and let her know that he's sorry he was fresh. If he don't I'll most ce'tainly muss up the Sublimity of his Ego." The companions of the poet rushed forward to protest at the manhandling of their leader.
Heard you was back. Say, you've ce'tainly been goin' some. Suits me. I never did like either Dug or Miller a whole lot. Dug's one sure-enough bad man and Miller's a tinhorn would-be. What you did to both of 'em was a-plenty. But keep yore eye peeled, old-timer. Miller's where he belongs again, but Dug's still on the range, and you can bet he's seein' red these days.
This business of chasing over the hills in the moonlight is first-class for the circulation of the blood, I expect. Most of us got quite a bit of exercise, first and last." Dick spoke with light irony; but one distraught half of his attention was upon the burning house. "Nevertheless, you will permeet me to regret, señor," returned the young Spaniard stiffly. "Ce'tainly.
"I'm not Hardman, cap. I say what I think. "And you think?" suggested Leroy gently. "I don't know what to think yet. You're either a fool or a traitor. I ain't quite made up my mind. When I find out you'll ce'tainly hear from me straight. Come on, boys." And Neil vanished through the door. An hour later there came a knock at Leroy's door.
"They ce'tainly belong to the Lazy D outfit." "And you say that you shot one of my men yesterday?" He could see her getting ready for a declaration of war. "Down by Willow Creek Yes, ma'am," he answered, comfortably. "And why, may I ask?" she flamed "That's a long story, Miss Messiter. It wouldn't be square for me to get my version in before your boys. Y'u ask them."
"I thought I'd ridden some tough trails in my time, but this country ce'tainly takes the cake," Fraser said admiringly, as his gaze swept the horizon. "It puts it over anything I ever met up with. Ain't that right, Teddy hawss?" The girl flushed with pleasure at his praise. She was mountain bred, and she loved the country of the great peaks.
"Thank y'u, Miss Messiter, I believe I will. I called to thank y'u for your kindness to my cousin as well as to inquire about you. The word goes that y'u pulled my dear cousin back when death was reaching mighty strong for him. Of course I feel grateful to y'u. How is he getting along now?" "He's doing very well, I think." "That's ce'tainly good hearing," was his ironical response.
Most of the riders had already rolled up in their blankets and fallen asleep. To a reduced circle Miller was telling the story of how his pack-horse won its name. "... so I noticed he was actin' kinda funny and I seen four pin-pricks in his nose. O' course I hunted for Mr. Rattler and killed him, then give Bill a pint of whiskey. It ce'tainly paralyzed him proper.
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