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Now that you mention it, though, we may find that the Last of the Mohicans ain't entirely toothless, at that. But say, Mart, how come I'm as wild and cock-eyed as I ever was? Rovol's a slow and thoughtful old codger, and with his accumulation of knowledge it looks like I'd be the same way." "Far from it," Crane replied. "Your nature and mine remain unchanged.
World's record great great!" Then it broke gradually through on Bud's dull mind. He slapped his leg again. "An' him his namesake he was cock-eyed, too I seed him onct at New 'Leens." "Don't you never trust a cock-eyed man, Bud. He'll flicker on you in the home-stretch. I've tried it an' it never fails. Love him, but don't trust him. The world is full of folks we oughter love, but not trust."
"See here, you cock-eyed devil," began the woman, evidently flattered by this pursuit; but catching sight of me, she shrieked viciously, "What do you want?" As I wanted nothing, I became confused and beat a retreat.
Then a curious fellow of ours named Jackson, and Stuart, a cavalry officer, lost a little battle at a place called Falling Waters." "Has the luck been against us all along the line?" "Not at all! A cock-eyed Massachusetts politician, one Ben Butler, a fellow of energy though, broke into the Yorktown country, but Magruder thrashed him at Big Bethel.
I got onto the facts sorter slow like, neither of us bein' much on the converse, but afore we hed reached Bolton I managed to savvy the most of it. It seems thet feller Albrecht the big, cock-eyed cuss who played Damon, ye recollect, gents wus the boss of the show. He wus the Grand Moke, an' held the spuds.
Why did I? What else saved us losing every pound we carried, together with the woman, you cock-eyed spawn of the devil, only that Ezekiel Cairnes possessed sufficient sense to throw himself in the way, upbearing the bulk of the strain? The water was somewhat deeper than I supposed, and my feet found no bottom, yet 't was the best thing to do, and the only hope of steadying the boat.
But it don't take no seventh daughter of no seventh daughter to trace trouble where Black-lock's about. The Boss, who's watching his movements sharp, says to me one day: "'Bunt, the storm-centre of this here low area is a man with a cock-eye, an' I'll back that play with a paint horse against a paper dime. "'No takers, says I. 'Dirty work and a cock-eyed man are two heels of the same mule.
Liz never could pass anywhar nigh 'er without havin' the old cat laugh out loud at 'er. Liz has been goin' with that cock-eyed Joe Webb a good deal you know he's jest about the porest ketch anywhars about, an' that seemed to tickle Mis' Dawson mightily. I reckon somebody told 'er some'n Liz said away back when you fust started to fly around 'er.
"I don't want," Nigger Martha had said one night in the hearing of Sheeny Rose "I don't want that cock-eyed thing to look at my body when I am dead. She'll give me hard luck in the grave yet." And Sheeny Rose was there to see that cock-eyed Grace didn't come to the wake. She did come. She labored up the long stairs, and knocked, with no one will ever know what purpose in her heart.
They were all within reach when the two enemies met under the arc light. Cock-eyed Grace sounded the challenge. "Now, you little Sheeny Rose," she said, "I'm goin' to do ye fer shuttin' of me out o' Nigger Martha's wake." With that out came her hatpin, and she made a lunge at Sheeny Rose. The other was on her guard. Hatpin in hand, she parried the thrust and lunged back.
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