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"This Blake fellar, now," began Blinky, as he lighted another cigarette. "What's your idea of gettin' him out?" "I want a horse, a blanket, some grub and a gun. I'm to take them down to the jail at eleven o'clock." "Huh! Goin' to hold up the guard?" queried Blinky. "That was my intention," replied Pan, "but I know that fellow Hurd, who'll be on guard then. I'll not have to hold him up." "Hurd?
You might have run acrost a fellar thet was no gentleman!" Of all the amazing statements that had ever been made to Carley, this one seemed the most remarkable. "What'd you wear thet onnatural white dress fer?" he demanded, as if he had a right to be her judge. "Unnatural?" echoed Carley. "Shore. Thet's what I said. Any woman's dress without top or bottom is onnatural. It's not right.
I went in, and commenced to talk with the old woman; some of the boys leaned up against the door that opened into the foreroom. After a little while we went out and met Jim, down by the spring, and we ate the cake. Some way a-nother it didn't taste so good as we expected. There was an awful outscreech when she found it out. Jim was a mighty smart fellar.
"He was gret on texts, the doctor was. When he hed a p'int to prove, he'd jest go thro' the Bible, and drive all the texts ahead o' him like a flock o' sheep; and then, if there was a text that seemed agin him, why, he'd come out with his Greek and Hebrew, and kind o' chase it 'round a spell, jest as ye see a fellar chase a contrary bell-wether, and make him jump the fence arter the rest.
Jest the same kind of story he told hyar, only wuss. Lordy! but thet fellar has seen times. An' queerest of all is thet idee he has how hell's on his trail an' everywhere he roams it ketches up with him, an' thar he meets the man who's got to hear his tale!" Sunset found Bent Wade far up the valley of White River under the shadow of the Flat Top Mountains. It was beautiful country.
"Last count there were one hundred and ten men at the fort," he replied thoughtfully. "I know over a hundred, and can trust them. There are some new fellows on the boats, and several strangers hanging round Metzar's." "'Pears to Lew an' me that this fellar is a slick customer, an' one who's been here long enough to know our hosses an' where we keep them." "I see.
Black Jack clapped the back of his hand to his mouth, and then, as if the injury were not of the slightest consequence, he pointed now at the jar, in which the boy was inserting the big spoon. "Dat not good," he shouted. "Dat mumkull, kill a fellar. Chuck um chuck um away." "Ah, you thick-headed, tar-faced idiot!" cried Carey. "Not good, indeed! I suppose you want raspberry jam."
But he was lookin' in the mirror an' when Jeff an' Pedro went fer their guns why he whirled quick as lightnin' an' bored them both.... I sneaked out an " "Why didn't you bore him?" roared Beasley. Buck Weaver steadily eyed his boss before he replied. "I ain't takin' shots at any fellar from behind doors. An' as fer meetin' Las Vegas excoose me, boss!
The latter nodded and smiled, albeit flabbily, into the winsome eyes of the young officer. "Ye're a reg'lar fellar, Mr. Green, I kin see that! Trust me to have a lightning conductor fer you with his lamps lit and burning.
How happy, no doubt, that fellar that owned it a fellar with a regular job; a wife, maybe, and kids to swing in that there contraption under the mango; a fellar, as like as not, no better than himself; and yet ! "Jack," he said huskily to himself, "how the hell have you missed it all?" "Women and drink," came the answer. "Women and drink, Jack, my boy."
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