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"It's something scandalous," she declared, "to see the boys an' girls who would be goin' to Christian Endeavor or Epworth League if they'd ben brought up right, crowdin' 'round the entrance doors lookin' at the posters, an' payin' out good money that ought to go into the missionary boxes for the heathen in the Sandwich Islands, to go an' see filums of wimmen without half enough clothes on.
"Stranathan, up here on Madden's Hill we know how to treat visitors. We'll play with your ball.... Now keep your gang of rooters from crowdin' on the diamond." "Boss, it's your grounds. Fire 'em off if they don't suit you.... Come on, let's git in the game. Watcher want field er bat?" "Field," replied Daddy briefly. Billy Gale called "Play," and the game began with Slugger Blandy at bat.
"But before I go over to work for you there's got to be an understandin'. I c'n shoot some," he continued, looking steadily at Stafford, "but I ain't runnin' around the country shootin' men without cause. I'm willin' to try an' find your rustler for you, but I ain't shootin' him unless he goes to crowdin' me mighty close." "I'm agreein' to that," returned Stafford.
It's a long ways to heaven, and lonesome traveling at that, but it's only a step to hell, and the crowdin' is something awful. It's mighty nigh impossible to turn back once you get started, on account of the mob. I'm not saying you won't run across worse guys than I am at the swell hotel you'll stop at, but they ain't on speaking terms with the police."
If you want to know what really annoys me, it's them killer whales in the Antarctic that come a crowdin' and buttin' up against ye." "It's an internal, monumental, epoch-making lie," cackled a voice behind him. Every one looked, and there was the old man. The "pirate" was now thoroughly exasperated. If he couldn't tell a story without being interrupted in this manner life wasn't worth living.
Our cows ain't so over-particular about that sheep smell, but if we poor cowboys has got to breathe sheep and eat sheep and spit up sheep every time we brand, it's crowdin' hospitality pretty strong. But if they want grub or clothes or tabac, go to it and see if you can't keep 'em off the upper range."
"I can't drink," he answered simply. "It's nerves and worry. I'm tired." He relaxed against the cushions; his arms fell heavily at his sides; the fingers lay open. "God," he whispered, "how tired I am!" In spite of his tan and certainly he had led the out-of-door life his face showed white. For the moment he looked old, worn, finished. "They're crowdin' me," the boy whispered.
Cuttin' back'll make the berries big; and so they'll bring as much, p'raps, as if they were early." "Well, Merton, this all accords with what I've read, only Mr. Jones makes it much clearer. I think we know how to go to work now, and surely there's plenty to do." "Yes, indeed," resumed Mr. Jones; "and you'll soon find the work crowdin' you.
"You're right, Hardy." Lorry's gray eyes shone with a peculiar light. "What you goin' to do about it, Buck?" "Two of my boys are out looking for the man. You're under arrest till he is brought in." "You aim to lock me in that calaboose?" "No. But, understand, you're under arrest. You can't leave town." "Say, now, Buck, ain't you kind of crowdin' me into the fence?"
"They're always crowdin' me." His voice was querulous, uncomprehending, like that of a child complaining of something beyond his experience. "I can't remember when they haven't been crowdin' me. Movin' me on, you understand? Always movin' me on. Moved me out of India, then Cairo, then they closed Paris, and now they've shut me out of London.
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