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Why, it was never held up.... But you want to mask.... How about ten thousand sheep or what they bring at Phenix in gold?" Jim Wilson whistled low. "An' leave for new territory?" repeated Snake Anson, under his breath. "You've said it." "Wal, I ain't fancyin' the girl end of this deal, but you can count on me.... September sixteenth at Magdalena an' her name's Helen an' she's handsome?" "Yes.
"Her name's Helen Rayner," replied Beasley, eagerly. "She's twenty years old. All of them Auchinclosses was handsome an' they say she's the handsomest." "A-huh!... Beasley, this 's sure a bigger deal an' one I ain't fancyin'.... But I never doubted your word.... Come on an' talk out. What's in it for me?" "Don't let any one in on this. You two can hold up the stage.
'He was a gentleman, every inch of him, he added, with a shake of the head and a sigh, as if recurring to more prosperous times. 'He was what a gentleman ought to be, he continued, 'not one of your poor, pryin', inquisitive critturs, what's always fancyin' themselves cheated. I ordered everything in my department, and paid for it too; and never had a bill disputed or even commented on.
"I'm not fancyin' th' cruise, an' I watches th' ice an' wonders, when I marks chance cakes o' ice driftin' down close t' shore an' touchin' land now an' agin as un goes, could I ride un. Th' longer I watches un th' more I thinks 'twould be a fine way t' ride on un, an' at last I makes up my pack an' cuts a good pole, an' watches my chance, which soon comes.
Well, there I was sweepin' the horizon with the glass for the better part of an hour, sometimes fancyin' I saw her, and then givin' it up; for to this moment I am not sartain there is n't a sail off here to the westward, turning up toward the light on a bowline; but if there be, she's too far off to know anything partic'lar about her.
I had a nap for two or three hours, but waked at six, an ever sence I've been a worretin an a frettin about youns. Sence that thar accident, I can't bar to have you out of my sight, for I fear all the time that you ar gettin into mischief. An now I've been skeart for two mortal hours, a fancyin you all tumblin down from the cliffs, or a strugglin in the waters."
"Her 'an me was allus sat one aside o' t'other, an' now hoo's gone. Eh, I know I shouldn't complain, an' hoo's in a better place; but hoo's gone, ye see, an' I'm awful lonely. I keep settin' here all day, an' thinkin' of her, and fancyin' I hear her moanin'. Eh dear, yes, it's a shame for me, an' I know I ought to be glad hoo isn't sufferin' no longer. Eh, at th' last, ye know, Mrs.
Then he had another good look all round, and presently I see him put his hand up to his eyes and stand looking away down to leeward. `Do you see anythink, sir? says I. And he says still with his hand up shadin' his eyes `I don't know, Chips, says he, `but I'm most certain, says he, `that one of them boats is thereaway, pointin' with his finger away down to leeward. `It's too dark and thick down there to see werry distinctly, he says, `but every now and then I keeps fancyin' I can see a small dark spot like a boat's sail showin' up in the middle of the haze, says he.
Sits didderin' dere 'n' smokin' her pipe, 'n' lays about her wid her stick times, fancyin' there'er dogs comin' into de kitchen." "A dog bit her once way back in the '60's," said Miss Pinckney; "they used to keep dogs here then. She don't want for anything?" "Law no, miss, she done want for nothin'; look at her now laffin' to herself. Haven't seen her do that way dis long time.
"I have sometimes a touch of headache in the early morning, especially when I have sat later than usual over my books the night before; but it always goes off during the day." "Ow weel, sir, that's no, as ye say, a vera sairious thing! I couldna help fancyin ye had something on yer min' by ord'nar!" "Naething, naething," answered James with a feeble laugh.
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