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Couldn't they see he was riding the hoss as hard as he knew how? I don't say it was exackly honest, but " "Oho!" interrupted the Bald-faced Kid, "now I know why you had a front runner in that race! Between friends, old-timer, what was it Mose hollered at Elisha when he came alongside?"
Ez to our motives, well, we've got a good deal to say about THAT. We reckoned that he wasn't exackly the kind of man we wanted for a neighbor. His pow'ful fightin' style didn't suit us peaceful folks, and we thought it rather worked agin this new 'law and order' racket to have such a man about, to say nuthin' of it prejudicin' quiet settlers.
But I reckon I'll not. I reckon I'll worry along to Sunk Creek, somehow." "Don't forget I'm cookin' for yu'," said Scipio, gruffy. "I'm obliged to yu'," said the Southerner. "You were speaking of a job for me," said Shorty. "I'm right obliged. But yu' see I ain't exackly foreman the way this comes out, and my promises might not bind Judge Henry to pay salaries."
I asked the onhappy man what his number was, so I could redily find him in case I should want him agin, and bad him good-bye. And then I tho't what a frollicksome day I'd made of it. Respectably, &c. Artemus Ward. MR. PUNCH, My dear Sir, I was a little disapinted in not receivin a invitation to jine in the meetins of the Social Science Congress. I don't exackly see how they go on without me.
However, it won't take long, this Watkins killin'; an' seein' my moods is in the saddle that a-way, I may as well let you have it. This yere ain't a story exackly; it's more like a aneckdote; but it allers strikes me as sheddin' a ray on them speshul Providences. "This Watkins is a mere yooth; he jumps into Wolfville from the Texas Panhandle, where, it's rumored, he's been over free with a gun.
"You're not seemin' exackly saloobrious to-night, my dear," said the old woman who had lately come to the same staircase, as they began to scour the stone with whitening. "I do 'ope 'e ain't been layin' 'is 'and on yer." "My 'usband didn't 'appen to be one of them sort, thankin' yer kindly," said Mrs. Reeve. "Oh, a widder, and beggin' yer pardon. And you'll 'ave children, of course?"
"You used to give advice; now you're makin' 'em take it whether they want to or not." "Where do you get that stuff?" demanded the Kid, bristling immediately. "Why, I saw you working on that big fellow in the grey suit. I was afraid you'd have to hit him on the head and go into his pocket after it. Looked to me like he wasn't exackly crazy to gamble." "Oh, him!" The tout spat contemptuously.
"OW!" complained the candidate. "No noise!" said Penrod sternly, and added: "Roddy Bitts must now say the oath. Say exackly what I say, Roddy, and if you don't well, you better, because you'll see! Now, say 'I solemnly swear " "I solemnly swear " Roddy said. "To keep the secrets " "To keep the secrets " Roddy repeated. "To keep the secrets in infadelaty and violate and sanctuary." "What?"
"'This is the story my mother tells me, says Sioux Sam, 'to show me the evils of cur'osity. "The Great Sperit allows to every one the right to ask only so many questions," says my mother, "an' when they ask one more than is their right, they die." "'This is the story of the fate of Kaw-kaw-chee, the Raven, a Sioux Chief who died long ago exackly as my mother told me.
Dickie asked. And the people shoving and crushing to get off the steamer laughed when he said it. "Not exackly," said the man, "but it's all right. This 'ere's where we get off. You ain't had yer tea yet, my boy." It was the most glorious tea Dickie had ever imagined.
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