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I left them the other dress an' things I had, an' I figgered the rest of the money they owed me would just about pay for this ham an' bread an' the knife an' soap. The comb was mine." She added the last in a tone of proud possession, and James Botts asked very soberly: "The welfare workers found this position for you, Lou Lacey? But where did they find you?"
But I cal'lated you wouldn't want to do that, an' so I figgered the only way to beat that lawyer was to fool him before he got fair started on his search. "I knowed you was in Castalia, an' so I thought your mother better get you some clothes an' bring 'em there.
"But lookin' at the water an' the canes, an' the reeds an' the bushes I've figgered it out that he can't come fur two weeks," said Shif'less Sol, "an' so I've made up my mind to enjoy myse'f. Think o' it! A hull two weeks fur a lazy man to do nothin' in! An' I reckon I kin do nothin' harder an' better than any other man that ever lived.
They ain't one could come along here and see th' signs of this camp and rest easy 'till he'd figgered out how many they were, and where they were going, and what they were doing, and all about it. These records are a kind-hearted try to save other Injuns that come along a whole lot of trouble. That's why old Haukemah wrote it in Ojibway 'stead of Cree: this is by rights Ojibway country."
Blossom's old jackknife from the post where it had been abandoned, and pocketed it. "If nothin' else happens," he said to himself, "I'm figgered to make a profit of sixty cents and a tradin' knife." There followed a very busy fall and winter for Scattergood.
But the hell of it is, Hardman's outfit helped make the drive." "No!" "You bet they did. Thet's what galls me. Either they was layin' fer the day or just happened to ride up on us, an' figgered it out. Mebbe thet's where Mac New comes in." "Blink, I don't believe he's double-crossed us," declared Pan stoutly. "Wal, he's an outlaw." "No difference. I just don't believe it.
They were so mean, so contemptible that she ought never to know. If I am not there she cannot ask about them. I will tell you the result and how it came about and you can tell her. Perhaps that will be sufficient. I hope it may be. Listen, Daddy." Daniel listened. "My soul and body!" he exclaimed, when the tale was ended. "My Godfreys! and those were the folks she figgered were her friends!"
I figgered out that his blood was thinnin' and I knew what was good for that. My great Aunt Hepsy, that lived over to East Wellmouth, she was a great hand for herbs and such and she'd give me a receipt for thickenin' the blood that was somethin' wonderful. It had more kind of healin' herbs in it than you could shake a stick at. I cooked a kittleful and got him to take a dose four times a day.
I figgered afterward mebby that was why he sent me the books. He wanted to show me he was right. "Jimmy, there ain't anything on earth that's got more colours than a bear! I've seen black bears as white as snow, an' I've seen grizzlies almost as black as a black bear. I've seen cinnamon black bears an' I've seen cinnamon grizzlies, an' I've seen browns an' golds an' almost-yellows of both kinds.
"Well, I have. Figgered a heap." "Any results, Scattergood?" "Some some." "What be they?" Scattergood's eyes twinkled in the darkness. "I got it all figgered out," he said, "that them young folks needs a dose of soothin' syrup." "I want to know," said the postmaster, breathlessly and with bewilderment. "Soothin' syrup! I swan to man!... Hain't been out in the heat, have you, Scattergood?"
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