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There was silence for a quarter of an hour, and then Shif'less Sol was the first to break it. "I didn't think I could ever be so happy ag'in," he said in tones of great content. "Nor me, either," said Jim Hart, uttering a long, happy sigh. "I declar' to goodness, I'm a new man, plum' made over from the top uv my head to the heels an' toes uv my feet."
We uns hev enough an' ter spare, all we need an' more than we deserve. We don't need ter ax a meracle from the skies ter stay our souls on faith, nor a sign ter prove our grace." "Now, now, stop, Aurely! I declar', Jube I dunno what made me lay my tongue ter sech a word ez that thar miser'ble benighted meracle!
"More of Yellow Elk's work!" muttered the boomer. "I'll tell you, men, that red is a corker, and as a dead Indian he couldn't be beat." "I declar' this most stumps me!" growled Dan Gilbert. "Here's the trail plain enough, but it's all out of the question ter follow on shank's own mare." "Let us hunt up Clemmer and the others," suggested Jack Rasco.
Ef I wuz Squire, I shouldn't never wan ter show myself agin roun' here." "I be kinder sorry fer him," said Israel Goodrich. "I declar for't if I ain't. It muss be kinder tough tew git took daown so, specially fer sech a dreffle proud man." "I hain't sot eyes on him on'y once sence Tewsday," said Peleg. "He looked right straight through me 'z ef he didn' see nothin.
At this the boys all turned again to look at the steamer. "Declar, if that fellow in the gold hat ain't a squintin at us through his spy-glass!" cried the captain. As the boys looked, they saw that the Antelope had become an object of singular attention and interest to those on board of the steamer.
"Is dat sumac fur Aunt Matilda?" said Uncle Braddock. "Yes, it is," said Kate, "and Harry's been gathering some, and we're going to pick enough to get her all she wants. Harry and I intend to take care of her now. You know they were going to send her to the alms-house." "Well, I declar!" exclaimed the old man. "I neber did hear de like o' dat afore.
"Yes," said he gravely; "that's what they thought, ahem! They thought they should stay a week, they thought so, certainly." "Wall, I declar' for't, Lovell," said Grandma; "now's the time you'd ought to have a wife.
Easter was stirred from her lethargy at last, but Clayton's attention was drawn to Raines 's start of surprise, and he did not see the girl's face agitated for an instant, nor her hands nervously trembling in her lap. "Ter-morrer! " cried the old woman. "Why, ye 'most take my breath away. I declar', I'm downright sorry you're goin', I hev tuk sech a shine to ye.
But Captain Corbet had nothing else to do, and so, whether it was on account of his lack of employment, or because of the sake of old associations, he kept his eyes fixed on the steamer. Time passed on, and in the space of another half hour she had drawn very near to the Antelope. Suddenly Captain Corbet slapped his hand against his thigh. "Declar, if they ain't a goin to overhaul us!" he cried.
"I'm looking for Jim, but he's keeping up the fires, isn't he?" Then he turned quickly, for Tom Spade, who with young Matthew Field had been critically weighing the promise of Jacob's crop, broke out suddenly into a boisterous laugh. "Why, I declar', Mr. Christopher, if you ain't lost yo' shadow!" he exclaimed.
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