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I wonder, he continued, 'that gentlemen can't settle at home, and amuse themselves with coursin' and shootin'. Mr. Watson, like many servants, thinking that the bulk of a gentleman's income should be spent in promoting the particular sport over which they preside.
Why, Senator, some of these Congressmen worry the life out of us folks that sprinkle the sugar. They accuse us of not lettin' 'em in on things when they haven't been fed in some time. They come down the trail like greyhounds coursin' a coyote." The speaker paused and glanced across at Peabody, who, however, was too busily engaged in writing in a memorandum book to notice him.
I can feel malicious animal magnetism coursin' through every vein and leapin' from crag to crag, says I. 'A joke's a joke, and I can take a joke as well as any man; but when I'm sick in my bed, and the undertaker comes to my house and looks into my window and says, "Darlin'! I am waitin' for thee!" that's no joke.
Gwaine coursin' wi' long-dogs come winter, they tell me." "And how are Phoebe and her husband?" "A little under the weather just now; but I'm watchin' 'em unbeknawnst. Theer's a glimmer of hope in the dark if you'll believe it, for Will ackshally comed to me esster-night to ax my advice my advice on a matter of stock! What do 'e think of that?"
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