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Cissie 'rested!" Tump began to cough. Then he wheezed: "Mine an' yo' little deal's off, Peter. You gotta he'p git her out." Here he fell into a violent fit of coughing, and started groping his way to the edge of the dust-cloud. In the rush of the moment the swift change in Peter's situation appeared only natural.
She shrugged her shoulders good-humoredly. "Oh! I know of course I know. Is it as good as you expected?" "As good as " The young man opened his mouth in wonder. "What right had I to expect anything?" "How modest! All the same, they want you and they're very glad to get you. But you can't save them." "That's not generally expected of Under-Secretaries, is it?" "A good deal's expected of you.
"So you gave Deal permission to send some bees to Miss Carryl and write her a letter?" "Once. I had the letter brought to me and I sent her a copy. Here it is the original." He produced Deal's letter from the dispatch pouch, and the Messenger read: Miss Evelyn Carryl, Osage Court House. Respected Miss: I send you the bees. I seen Mr.
"You've put me at the mercy of a gang of outlaws! You may force my sister out of her home! But your day will come. Tom Carmichael will KILL you." Beasley mounted his horse. Sullen, livid, furious, he sat shaking in the saddle, to glare down at the outlaw leader. "Snake, thet's no fault of mine the deal's miscarried. I was square. I made my offer for the workin' out of my plan.
That seems a most reasonable figure." "Well, fork over the twenty-five then, and the deal's closed." "I'd have to send you the money to-morrow I mean to-day. You see, the thief took all my cash when he took my overcoat." "Did, huh?" "Yes, that's the present condition of things. Very annoying, isn't it? But I'll take your address.
He had only finished a bar or two, however, when the tune abruptly ceased on his lips. "Dat's too bad," he said. "I guess de deal's off, boss." Regretfully. "Eh?" Mr. Heatherbloom looked around. He meant to keep the man to his bargain now, by force if necessary. "Look dar!" continued the darky. Mr. Heatherbloom did look in the direction indicated.
They called him Las Las Vegas. I liked his looks." "Humph! You'll like him a heap when you know him. He's kept the ranch goin' for Miss Helen all along. But the deal's comin' to a head. Beasley's got thick with thet Riggs. You remember him?" "Yes." "Wal, he's been hangin' out at Pine all winter, watchin' for some chance to get at Miss Helen or Bo. Everybody's seen thet.
"For five hundred and ten thousand?" inquired Johnny with proper caution. "For five hundred and ten thousand," repeated Washburn. "It's a fool-sounding amount, but Boise said that if I wouldn't pay it he would." "May I speak to Boise a minute?" asked Johnny. "This deal's closed," hastily cautioned Washburn with his hand on the telephone. "Of course it's closed," acknowledged Johnny.
"Well really . . . Are you the sort-of-thing I've been hearing about?" Roderick Deal's expression was kindly-quaint; and Skag answered the look rather than the words: "How should I know what that is?" "You have astonished me. And I am pleased. From Bombay to Calcutta and from Himalaya to Madras you will find no more valuable man, than that same Bhanah. He is called old, but he is not old.
Would he step round about eight o'clock? The clock had hardly struck eight when she heard a tap at the window. She opened the door and he came in, surprised by the silence with which she received him. "I hope nothing has happened. Is anything the matter?" "Yes, a great deal's the matter. I'm afraid we shall never be married, Fred, that's what's the matter." "How's that, Esther?
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