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"I r-reckon not. Leastwise, don't s-s-sorter seem to r-recall no such n-name, Miss. Was the g-gent a f-friend o' your 'n?" "Y-yes. He is a mining engineer, and, I have been told, is under engagement at the 'Little Yankee." Brown's eyes hardened, looking down into the upturned face, and his hands clinched in sudden awakening suspicion. "You d-did, hey?" he questioned sullenly.
"That was because ... the poor little man would have been killed ... anyone would have d-done that, and ... I d-did not think what I was d-doing...." "Yes, I know," and Nestie mocked his father shamefully, even unto his face; "and everybody read in the paper how the child wasn't near the cow, and the cow was quite nice and well-behaved, and you ... ran away; for shame, now!
D-did she steal 'em? and he turned to Jerrie, whose face was scarlet, as she replied: 'No, I gave them to her, with a lot of others; I could not bring them all and it was better to dispose of home flowers, as I can get them any time. Tom could have beaten the air, he was so angry.
Switzer," answered the Court, "unless on the ground of surprise; but I overrule your objection. Proceed, Mr. State's Attorney." "Answer my question," said that official to Patsy. Answer. "Yes, sir, I-I d-did tell you, and lots of other folks, too, that D-Dic shot Doug Hill." Question. "Then, sir, how do you reconcile those statements with the one you have just made?" Answer.
H-hanged ef I would, either, if I d-did n't th-think the toughest part o' it wus g-goin' ter be right yere." She glanced almost shyly up into his shadowed face, her black eyes like stars. "Si dat vas eet. I vas de coward; I just runs avay so 'fraid of de fight. I no like de fight von leetle bit. But I know you, señor; you vant to stay here, an' have de fun. You Americano an' like dat ver' mooch.
"Hush! don't speak so loud!" "Well, I will, Chichester, s-so help me God, I will!" "Will what, Ronald?" "W-wait and see!" "You don't mean murder, Ronald?" "I didn't s-say so, d-did I?" "Of course not, my dear Barrymaine, but shall I take the pistols?" And Mr. Chichester stretched out his hand towards a flat, oblong box that Barrymaine carried clutched beneath his arm.
But Cleone knelt there beside the couch, her head proudly averted, uttering no word. "Why, you don't think, like so many of the fools, that he killed Jasper Gaunt, do you?" cried Barrymaine feverishly. "You don't think he d-did it, do you do you? Ah, but he didn't he didn't, I tell you, and I know because " "Stop!" exclaimed Barnabas.
The hard, damp lump of pocket-handkerchief was not a bit of good, and before she could reach out for it Ralph's arms were round her and he was kissing the tears off one by one. "Darling, I didn't think you really minded " "What d-did you th-think, then?" she sobbed. "I thought you were playing. A sort of variation of the game." "I told you it was a cruel game." "Never mind. It's all over.
"C-come, little g-g-girl, what's up?" She made no response, her lips faltering as though suddenly stricken dumb. Beth Norvell dropped down from the pony's back, and stood with one hand resting on Mercedes' shoulder. "She only came to show me the way," she explained bravely. "I-I have a most important message for Mr. Winston. Where is he?" "Important, d-did you s-s-say?"
He arose to his knees, to his feet, swaying slightly, one hand pressed against his head as he stared blankly into the faces of the two men. "W-which way d-did he go?" he asked, almost stupidly. "Th-the feller w-who told 'em ter f-f-fire?" Old Hicks, his eyes filled with misery, shook his head. "Back ter the 'Independence, I reckon," he admitted. "Most o' 'em I saw started that way."
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