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"Yes," said Steve, wondering whether the old man were the more moved because of the shock of finding his nephew able to pay off so large a sum or because of the "frien'ly dealin's with the Temples." There was a brief silence. Doctor Bridges mounted the steps; he and Terry were going in.
Us fellers has jest got to creep lively out'n the line of bullets an' let the two men most interested settle that theirselves. Only I don't mind sayin', jest frien'ly like, as it is considered powerful foolish for a man to prance skallyhutin' into a mixup as is apt to smash things considerable onless he's heeled." "Heeled? You mean "
Folks come in to ax atter 'em right peart. Abe Shivers come cl'ar 'cross the river powerful frien'ly an' ever' time Nance ud walk out to the fence with him. One time she didn't come back, an' ole Nance fotched the boys thar dinner, an' ole Nance fotched thar supper, an' then Rich he axed whut was the matter with young Nance. An' ole Nance jes snorted.
That was a strange fight, because neither French nor Eversole ever got into the shootin', indeed they remained frien'ly even when their supporters were most bitter." "Who carried on the feud, then?" asked Hamilton in surprise, "if the principals didn't?" "Wa'al, I guess the worst was a minister, the Rev. Bill Gambrill. Ho ran the French side an' kep' the trouble stirred up all the time."
"By the way, Celia," he said smiling, "that young man cousin of yours Berkley, turned up promptly to-day. I gave him a room in the office." "That was certainly ve'y frien'ly of you, Curt!" she responded warmly. "You will be patient with him, won't you?" "I've had to be already.
But it was diff'rint wid the others, an' why I cannot say, excipt that some men are borrun mane an' go to dhirty murdher where a fist is more than enough. Afther a whoile, they changed their chune to me an' was desp'rit frien'ly all twelve av thim cursin' O'Hara in chorus. "Eyah," sez I, "O'Hara's a divil an' I'm not for denyin' ut, but is he the only man in the wurruld? Let him go.
Stranger, them two fellers slept together plum frien'ly, an' they et together plum frien'ly next mornin', an' they sa'ntered down to the grocery plum frien'ly. An' Rich says, "Harve," says he, "let's have a drink." "All right, Rich," says Harve. An' Rich says, "Harve," says he, "you go out'n that door an' I'll go out'n this door."
Weft, and paid him wi' part of the very note that brocht on the ferly I hae just been relating. But his gude wull didna end here, for he insisted on takin' us a' Nosey amang the lave to the nearest public, where he gi'ed us a frien'ly glass, and we keepit tawking about monkeys, and what not, in a manner at ance edifying and amusing to hear. Blackwood's Magazine. No. "To marry!
"Huh!" retorted Mammy, "I on'y wisht I could feel dat dey was frien'ly ones, but I has a percolation dat dey's comin' from below stidder above." So perhaps this explains why she went up to Peggy's room at an hour which she usually spent in her own quarters mending.
We got right frien'ly, an' he knew he was always welcome hyeh, an' one day I asked him jes' that question. It was shortly befo' he lef' an' I wanted to know what he thought about us all up hyeh." The mountaineer leaned back in his chair and chuckled with evident enjoyment of the recollection. "I jes' put the question to him," he said, "in the mildes' way, an' he started right in to talk.
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