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"Well, Tooting," he said, "I thought they'd begin to come." "They're mostly women," Mr. Tooting informed him. "Women!" "Hold on!" said Mr. Tooting, who had the true showman's instinct. "Can't you see that folks are curious? They're afraid to come 'emselves, and they're sendin' their wives and daughters. If you get the women tonight, they'll go home and club the men into line."
"It's allus that-a-way when folks gets on a committee racket, Curly," replied one of his friends with a sympathetic grin. "That's just how, Dan," agreed the third. "Hot air. That's what it is. This tarnation Vigilance stunt sets folk whisperin' among 'emselves 'bout the hell goin' to be ladled out to all cattle thieves in general.
They bin right down to 'hard pan. They wer' jest starvin' their lives clear out. But they'd sank the'r pile in that hill, an' couldn't bring 'emselves to quit. Then along comes the storm, an' right wher' they're working it washes a great lump o' the hill down. Hundreds o' thousands o' tons of rock an' stuff it would have needed a train load of dynamite to shift." "Yes, yes."
"I think so, sir; but if if they should accidentally put an make asses of 'emselves they might, you know I hope you'll represent that they were only frightened. There isn't an ounce of real vice in 'em, and I should never forgive myself if any one of of my name got them into trouble." The Colonel nodded, but said nothing. Chinn and Bukta departed at once.
"Now, Marthy, don't you stir me up with that talk of yours, like men was the only prize packages in life. I can't see what these home-body women love to fool 'emselves so for. You're just like my Celora, Marthy.
People can set their own price on 'emselves, I've noticed; and if they keep it set, folks'll come up to it. Milly didn't seem to think that she had done anything wrong; and when she brought little Richard up for baptism there wasn't a dry eye in the church; and when she joined the church herself there wasn't anybody mean enough to say a word against it, not even Silas Petty.
Dat raised my dander, and I grabbed de box and frowed it right over dar heads and cotched 'em fast. Den I put a big stone on it, and kept 'em dere free weeks, and afore I let 'em out I made 'em promise to behave 'emselves. Now I considers dat we'd better serve 'em some sich trick. Tie two, free hundred to de fence, and leave 'em dere for a few months."
'There's not the pressure on all the broad earth that would make me, said Nicholas Higgins. 'Now yo've got it. Yo've hit the bull's eye. Hamper's that's where I worked makes their men pledge 'emselves they'll not give a penny to help th' Union or keep turnouts fro' clemming. They may pledge and make pledge, continued he, scornfully; 'they nobbut make liars and hypocrites.
There was a shudder of horror through the others; but the yellow horse never noticed. "I'll catch 'em by the back o' the neck, an' pile-drive 'em a piece. They can suit 'emselves about livin' when I'm through with 'em." "'Shouldn't wonder ef they did," said Rod.
Ball, "don't talk so loud, Mr. Crewe." "What's the railroad got to do with it?" Mr. Crewe demanded. Mr. Ball glanced around him, to make sure that no one was within shouting distance. "What's the railrud got to do with anything in this State?" inquired Mr. Ball, craftily. "That's different," said Mr. Crewe, shortly, "I'm a corporation man myself. They've got to defend 'emselves." "Certain.
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