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Carr opened her mouth to speak, then, remembering her promise, took refuge in flight. "'Er's scared," muttered Mrs. Smithers, "and no wonder. Wot with cats as can't stay buried, writin' letters and deliverin' 'em in the dead of night, and a purrin' like mad while blamed fools digs for eight cents, most folks would be scared, I take it, that's wot they would."
"Didn't you tell Z. Snow and Co. that this lumber'd got to be delivered to-day or you'd cancel the order?" "Never mind. That is my business, sir. You " "Hold on! Ho-o-ld on! I got a business, too. My business is deliverin' what I'm paid to deliver. Al Speranzy he says to me: 'Ves, he says, 'if you don't deliver that lumber to old man Calvin to-day you don't get no money, see.
But it ended triumphant for Arvilly, for whether it wuz my noble words to him that had softened him down or whether it wuz that he knowed how rampant these two evils wuz in the United States and wanted to inform himself still further about it, 'tennyrate he looked the book over and said he would be glad to have the book, and he and two more of the leadin' men nigh him in that procession bought books, Arvilly deliverin' 'em on the spot and takin' her money.
"New, he's deliverin' cattle to thet Cuban ship," replied another. "Big deal on, hey?" "Some big. Rugg says the boss hed an order fer fifteen thousand." "Say, that order'll take a year to fill." "New. Hardin is in cahoots with Bland. Between 'em they'll fill orders bigger 'n thet." "Wondered what Hardin was rustlin' in here fer."
"Gee, boys!" exclaimed the foreman, before the cowboys dispersed to their alloted tasks, "those lads are sure there when it comes to deliverin' the goods, ain't they? An' to think that once in a moment of besotted ignorance I referred to them as 'tender-feet. Why, it don't seem possible them boys can be Easterners at all. It seems like they jest must 'a' been born west o' the Rockies."
"Thought it mout be Mister Hooker deliverin' dat lan' you bought."
"Kate," said old Joe in a tremulous voice, "if I was a prayin' man I'd git down on my knees an' thank God for deliverin' you tonight." "Thank Buck Daniels, who's left his life in pawn for us. I'll go straight for Buck's house. You must ride to Sheriff Morris and tell him that an honest man is up there in the power of Silent's gang." "But " he began.
In fact we met the postman coming from the house." "Dear me and did he tell you he had been deliverin' letters here?" "No he was on his round, and we took it for granted. Besides, we know they were posted in time." "William Skin takes the letters some days," suggested Dinah, "if he happens to overtake the post on his way back with the cart. It saves the man a climb up the hill."
Crane," he said. "Hello!" Crane said, gruffly. "What's this about your buying pulp company stock?" "Bought some. Bought a little. Called up to see why your young man wasn't deliverin'. Want to git home." "Where did you get the money?" "Have to know that? Have to know where it come from before you kin make delivery? Hain't inquisitive, be you?" Mr. Crane made use of language.
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