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Jim made no change of position as they clattered up. Smallbones was ahead, with a gun leveled as he came. "Hands up! Hands up, you dogone skunk, or I'll blow your roof off!" he cried fiercely. But Jim only grinned. It was not a pleasant grin, either, for the hardware dealer's epithet infuriated him. "Don't be a blamed fool, Smallbones," he said sharply. "You're rattled."
"How'd I put her out?" he said at last. "That's askin' some. How'd I put her out? Say," his face flushed, and his eyes sparkled, "ef I had my way I'd burn every stick o' that dogone farm. Then she'd light out. That's what I'd do. I ain't got no use for Jonahs. An' I say right here I'd give five hundred dollars to see her back turned on this place.
See here, you're mean on him 'bout this thing, because things are queer his way. An' you ain't got savvee to see that it's 'cos things is queer his way is just the reason he ain't the dogone rustler we're chasin'. You need to think a sight more. Mebbe it hurts some, but it's a heap good." Smallbones shot a swift, sidelong glance at the doctor, in which there was little enough friendliness.
Wal unless you say right here you're goin' to hit the trail with me, when things get busy; unless you tell me right out you're goin' to let me square off jest a bit of the score you got chalked up agin me all these years by lettin' me help you out in this racket, then I'm goin' to set right out ther' by the old stockade, and when Bob Richards gets around, he an' as many of his dogone dep'ties as I can pull down are goin' to get their med'cine.
He paused in his operation at the sound of the girl's voice, and looked up. Her tone was gentle and caressing. Hervey suddenly called to her. "Don't go near him. He's as treacherous as a dogone Indian." "Come back," called out her mother. The girl paid no attention. She called again, and patted her blue apron encouragingly.
But the agent shook his head, and his eyes still shone with their ironical light. "I'd say the prophet business petered out miser'bly nigh two thousand years ago. I wouldn't say this dogone prairie 'ud be the best place to start resurrectin' it. No, sir! There's too many chances for that seein' we're on a branch line. There's the track it might give way. You never can tell on a branch line.
Fell on the corner? Nonsense! Say, if you'd fell clear off o' the roof on to that dogone box, mebbe you could ha' done that amount o' damage. But " Eve's eyes flashed indignantly. "I'd be glad if you'd fix me up," she said coldly. The rough doctor grinned and got to work. She had made him suddenly realize that he was dealing with a woman, and not one of the men of the village.
This dogone marryin' racket's calc'lated to set a camel dry." But Peter wanted Thorpe and refused the man's invitation. He was glad Jim had come in for the wedding, and hurried out in pursuit. He caught his man in the act of mounting his broncho. "Say, Jim!" he exclaimed, as he hastened up. Nor did he continue as the ranchman turned and faced him.
Why, y' see, ma'm, we'll have to break a fresh trail if that dogone holler ain't one o' them bottomless muskegs," he added thoughtfully. He flicked his whip and spat again. His passenger's voice rose to a sharp staccato. "Then for goodness' sake why go on?" she demanded. "Wal, y' see, you can't never tell till you get ther' in these hills.
On that occasion he said with all the dignity and consequence of his position at the moment "It ain't your dogone dollars we want. It's your souls. D'you git that? An' when we've sure got 'em wot'll we do with 'em, you ast? Wal, I don't guess we're doin' a cannibal line o' business.
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