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I've done it and" as Leon came to the door "I'll bet four-bits I can jump in that box of eggs right there and never crack a shell!" The Ramblin' Kid understood. "Aw, you're crazy," he laughed. "I don't want to win your money!" "What's the matter?" Leon asked curiously, having heard only part of Skinny's boast.
The sun's shinin', and there ain't much wind, and I can smell the ole desert, a-sizzlin'. Come on!" They were in Forbes's room. The Easterner laid his book aside and glanced down at his shoes. "I haven't a riding-costume." "Well, you can get one for a dollar and four-bits copper-riveted, and sure easy and comfortable. I'll lend you a pair of boots." "All right. I'll try it once, at least."
A box o' Norther' Spy apples; a ha'f a dozen lemons; four-bits' worth o' walnuts or a'monds, whichever's freshest; a pint o' Puget Sound oysters fer the dressin', an' a bunch o' cel'ry. You stop by an' see about the turkey, Orville; an' I wish you'd run in 's you go by mother's, an' tell her to come up as soon as she can. She'd ought to be here now." Her husband smiled as he finished the list.
"That's right, Leon," the Ramblin' Kid chuckled, "you got th' four-bits that's all you won!" "But pay me " Leon whined. "I'll pay you, you dirty crook!" Skinny snapped as he slapped the soppy, egg-splattered shirt in Leon's face. "I'll pay you with that!
"This locoed darn' fool thinks he can walk on them eggs an' not mash 'em!" the Ramblin' Kid laughed again. "He wants to bet me four-bits he can " "Walk on them eggs and not preak them?" Leon exclaimed disdainfully. "You ought to lock him up! He iss crazy!" "By gosh," Skinny argued, "you don't realize how light-footed I am I can jump on them, I tell you, and I got money to back it up!"
I reckon I threw away my four-bits on this book it don't tell a feller nothin' 'bout false whiskers, wigs 'n' the like," and he tossed the book disgustedly into a corner, rose and descended to the barnyard.
Then one day a heavy rain came that made the street one slough of soft oozy clay which no one could cross. Then enters the hero. Even while they stood dismayed, gazing at each other across the clay, he appeared with a mud sled and took them all across for 50 cents a passenger and $1 if you had a bundle. Now, I believe it. Didn't I see the man who had been there and paid his four-bits to cross?
My hall was modeled after those on the Barbary Coast. It cost "four-bits" and drinks to dance, and the dances lasted only a few minutes. At one time I had thirteen Mexican girls dancing in the hall, and this number was increased on special days until the floor was crowded. I always did good business so good, in fact, that jealousy aroused in the minds of my rivals finally forced me out.
They kep' travelin'. If you ask me, they're movin' yet, and they've got our broncs with 'em." This had already occurred to Dave as a possibility. "Any proof?" he asked quietly. "A-plenty. I been ridin' on the point all day. Three-four times we cut trail of five horses. Two of the five are bein' ridden. My Four-Bits hoss has got a broken front hoof. So has one of the five."
And he pulled a half-dollar from his pocket. "Put away your money, you blamed idiot " the Ramblin' Kid began. "I'll bet him four-bits he can't!" Leon cried, jerking a coin from his own pocket. Skinny and Leon each handed the Ramblin' Kid fifty cents. "By thunder, I can," Skinny said, pausing, "that is, I'm willing to bet my money on it " "Vhy don't you go ahead and do it, then?" Leon exclaimed.
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