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'I dunno where you'll get feet to fit 'em, said Andy dubiously. 'They're mostly as big as boats, an' much the same shape. May be they're for crossin' the wather in? 'I intend to wear them myself, Andy, said the manufacturer, 'but on dry land. You must be looking out for a pair too, if the snow continues, as is pretty certain, and you want to go down to the "Corner" before it is frozen over.
"Yes, she was bound to see you through because what you done was on her account. Bat an' her'll be waitin' for us at Snake Creek crossin'." "Who is Bat?" "He's a breed." "A what?" "Wait an' see!" growled Tex. "Come on; we can't set here 'til you get educated. You'd ought to went to school when you was young." Endicott reached for a stirrup and the horse leaped sidewise with a snort of fear.
Lordy gracious, peers to me crossin' de sea might a cooled them, sposin' dar hair was rumpled." "You are right, Sorrow," said I; "and, Doctor, niggers and women often come to a right conclusion, though they cannot give the right reasons for it, don't they?" "Oh, oh, Mr Slick," said he, "pray don't class ladies and niggers together. Oh, I thought you had more gallantry about you than that."
The lodge-keeper, an old man, coming out to open them, approached the door of the car on seeing Nesta within. "There's a young woman just gone up to the house that wants to see you very particular, miss," he said. "I tell'd her that you'd gone to Barford, but she said she'd come a long way, and she'd wait till you come back. She's going across the park there crossin' yon path."
And here was a bridge way up in the air crossin' the river for wagons and people, and furder down a railroad bridge, and you could look up or down the river for miles. Says I to Mitch, "How do you like this?" Says he, "Wal, sir, I just feel as if I could fly, I am that happy."
Anne flew to her uncle's assistance, and with much difficulty succeeded in rescuing him from the deadly gripe of her father, who exclaimed, as he loosed his hold, "You may thank the girl, or you'd not spake, nor dare to spake, about crossin' the salt wather, or lavin' me in a desateful way agin.
"Boys," he said, slowly, "you've got a new boss. It's me. A day or so ago, crossin' from Pardo, I run into a ruckus at Sentinel Rock. Lane Morgan was the center of the ruckus an' he got perforated plenty. But before he cashed in he got a gleam of downright sense an' told me he'd been lookin' for me, to make me manager of the Rancho Seco. "I'm reckonin' to be manager beginnin' now.
Where's the money?" she asked as she saw a shadow of displeasure on her aunt's face. "Here it is, enough for the sugar and the thread. Don't lose the pocketbook, and be sure to count the change so they don't make no mistake." "Yes." "And don't touch things in the store." "No." The child walked to the door, impatient to be off. "And be careful crossin' over the streets.
"'Tain't no picnic, crossin' slide rock, but I reckon if I kin make it with a gun and half a sheep on my back you can make it empty-handed. Step easy, and don't start it slippin' or you'll slide to kingdom come. Watch me!" Sprudell watched with all his eyes.
The men glanced at each other significantly, but without any of the levity which usually follows such an announcement in more cultured circles. "This game's up, boys," said Buffle, rising suddenly. "The stage don't reach the crossin' till noon, an' she is goin' to hev this shanty to stay in till daylight, anyhow. You fellers had better git, right away."
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