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Updated: May 25, 2025
"What the d-d-deuce are you laughing at?" he asked, turning upon them savagely, his loud voice and threatening manner frightening those who stood nearest, so that they instinctively stepped back a pace or two. "No offence, Doc," said one of them; "but you couldn't get him." "Couldn't get him! Why couldn't I g-g-get him?" "He's pious." "Pious! What do I care?"
Corson," she answered in tones that were scarcely audible. "Corson? Who the d-d-deuce is Corson, and what the deuce does he want?" he asked, rising and approaching the door. The instant his eyes fell on the countenance of the Quaker, he threw up both hands and uttered a prolonged whistle of astonishment. "The preacher!" he exclaimed. "The lost is found. The p-p-prodigal has returned.
With a violent jerk of the reins, the astonished driver pulled them back, and exclaimed with an oath: "You little wild cat, if you ever d-d-do that again, I will throw you into the d-d-ditch!" "Excuse me!" she answered humbly, cowering under his angry glances. "What in the d-d-deuce is the matter?" he asked more kindly, seeing the tears in her eyes. "I do not know.
Tell him. Ha! ha! Tell him and we will see him b-b-blush." "She asked me if her father was going to send her to Philadelphia this winter," she answered, without lifting her eyes. "I don't mean that!" "She asked me whether I could tell them where to find the spotted heifer." "The d-d-deuce, child! Why don't you tell me what she asked you 'bout D-D-Davy?"
Fools that can't enjoy life, d-d-don't want any one else to! Ever hear 'bout the fox that got his tail b-b-bit off? Wanted all the rest to have theirs! What the d-d-deuce are we here in this world for? T-t-tell me that, p-p-parson!" "To do the will of our Father which is in heaven." "To do the will of our Father in heaven!
"Hear 'em?" "Y-y-yes. What the d-d-deuce and all " "Knew you'd wonder what it was " "W-w-wonder?" chittered the Doctor. "It's only the wind in the cave at the corner below here " "Ah! Thought it must be something of that kind," said the Doctor through his teeth, clenched hard to keep them in order. "Don't wonder folks fight shy of the Coupée. Sounded uncommonly like spirits.
What the d-d-deuce did you let me open the b-b-bottle for? I'll leave it to the crowd if that is fair? There, that is right. Pay for it like a man. It's worth double its price. Thank you. By to-morrow noon you will b-b-be sending me a testimonial to its value. Do you want to hear some of my testimonials, gentlemen?" The crowd shuffled and stood over on its other foot.
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