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"It ain't the roads we take; it's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do." Shark Dodson got up and leaned against a tree. "I'd a good deal rather that sorrel of yourn hadn't hurt himself, Bob," he said again, almost pathetically. "Same here," agreed Bob; "he was sure a first-rate kind of a crowbait. But Bolivar, he'll pull us through all right.
"What about the young lady?" asked the young man who had an Agency. "Never heard," answered Bildad. "Right there is where my lode of information turns to an old spavined crowbait, and folds its wings, for I've pumped it dry." "A very sad " began Judge Menefee, but his remark was curtailed by a higher authority. "What a charming story!" said the lady passenger, in flute-like tones.
His crowbait of a mule couldn't carry him so far." "I don't know anybody of that name, but I know about the roan colt that wasn't stolen from Pilot Knob," replied the farmer. "Let's go in and see if the women folks can't scare up a bite to eat." "One moment, please," Tom interposed. "Do you know anything about Merrick's boy? Is he Union or Secesh?" "Union and nothing else.
Crowbait wa'n't no name fer him. He was stun blind on the off side, an' couldn't see anythin' in pertic'ler on the nigh side couldn't get nigh 'nough, I reckon an' had most ev'rythin' wrong with him that c'd ail a hoss; but I thought he was a thoroughbred.
"'Ugh! he grunts, 'bout as cordial as a plate of ice cream. ''Lo, Wixon, that you? "'Um-hm, begins Jonadab. 'How's that crowbait of yours to-day, Tobe? Got any go in him? 'Cause if he has, I "He stopped short. The woman in Loveland's carriage had turned her head and was starin' hard. "'Why! she gasps. 'I do believe Why, Jonadab! "'HETTIE! says the Cap'n.
"Draw your bat and make a quick finish!" said the Kid shortly. "What's it all about?" "Suppose I should talk him into putting a bet down to-morrow?" "A bet on what?" "On Last Chance. It ain't no crime for a man to bet on his own horse, is it? He told me he'd give me a percentage of what he won. Maybe the old crowbait will go better in the mud, and I'll ride him until his eyes stick out a foot.
Waiting in the middle of a broad avenue of misshapen obelisks, a dilapidated barouche with a low body sagging the lower for debilitated springs, on either side its pole drooped two sorry specimens of crowbait. And their pained amazement was so unfeigned that Duchemin laughed aloud when the fat rogue bounded to the box, snatched up reins and whip and curled a cruel lash round their bony flanks.
Superb equipages mingled in democratic confusion with carts and wagons; the broken-winded nag and spavined crowbait veterans at the bugle call! pricked up their ears and kicked up their heels like colts in pasture, while the delighted darkies thumped their bony shanks to encourage this brief rejuvenescence.
He had put away all the appearance of youth, and was a crafty and sly man. It was apparent that the whole outfit was in the racing business, and as the crowd looked at the discrepancy between the two horses, and observed that on the best-looking horse was a professional jockey, while on the crowbait was only a girl, something like a groan went up.
"What about the young lady?" asked the young man who had an Agency. "Never heard," answered Bildad. "Right there is where my lode of information turns to an old spavined crowbait , and folds its wings, for I've pumped it dry." "A very sad " began Judge Menefee, but his remark was curtailed by a higher authority. "What a charming story!" said the lady passenger, in flute-like tones.
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