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"You frien' of Hugo Ennis," he said. "Den you is velcome an' me glad for see you, mademoiselle." He was a pleasant-faced, stocky and broad-limbed man of rather short stature, and his manner was altogether kindly and pleasant. The simplicity and cordiality of his manner was entirely in keeping with the ways of his family.
Jean sat back in her chair crying silently and shrinking into herself as if she were afraid to say more, and Ellen went on. "Listen, now, what yer frien' says. 'The Elder is wrong, for Bertrand' that's her husband, I'm thinkin' ?" "Yes." "'Bertrand and Betty, Who's Betty, noo?" "Betty is their daughter. She was to have married my son." "Good. So she would know her lover.
"Maybe hundred thousand dollars in that hole. You wouldn't rob your old frien', would you, Curly? Course you wouldn't. I know you better'n yourself, better'n yourself. Le's have another: We're good frien's, all of us, I say, all of us." And so it went, and so went the whisky, and so went Curly Jim's hopes up and down.
He wuz mah frien' as long as he lib, and he wuz a good frien' ob de South 'cause he saved lots ob white folks frum de wrath ob de mean niggers." Doc Quinn tells a "ghost story" connected with the old church at Rondo, built in 1861. "De Masonic Hall wuz built up ovah dis buildin' an' ever month dey had dey meetin'. One night, when dey was 'sembled, two men wuz kilt.
Again she swung her glass above her head and shrilled "My Supreme Moment drink to it if you're a friend of mine!" "Frien' of yours? Frien' of yours! Why, Doc, I'd die fer you. But that's all same Ogollalah Sioux 'bout your S'preme Moment! Many of 'em, Doc, many of 'em, and here's t'you!" They drained their glasses together. "Always liked you, Doc.
You listen to what dat Depeau he say, dat is not truth. My family knows you, I laik to have you hear de truth." He paused, and while I wondered what revelations he was about to make, I could not repress my impatience at the preamble. "You are my frien', you have prove it," he continued. "You remember las' time we meet?" Two days after I went to France, and I not in New Orleans since."
"Sir, I must ask you is he not the frien' of the poor and downtrod?" The visitor's smile quite disappeared. He said: "Oh!" and waved a hand impatiently; "Victor Hugo" another mouth "Victor Hugo" replying in French to the schoolmaster's English "is not of my party." And then he laughed unpleasantly and said good-day.
I'll show up on the Lazy K, where the whole outfit will swear I've been fer two days, if Hoover picks on me as one of the men he's been follerin'. You're safe. Nobody'd put killin' anybody on to you, let alone your ole frien' Terrill. Why, yuh ain't a man yet, Bud, though I don't it to discurrudge yuh.
Lammie, overflowing with glad welcome. 'What'll ye hae? There's a frien' o' yer ain, he continued, pointing to Robert, 'an' a fine lad. Then lowering his voice, he added: 'A son o' poor Anerew's, ye ken, doctor. The boys rose, and Dr. Anderson, stretching his long arms across the table, shook hands kindly with Robert and Shargar.
Let's sen' to Scooba an' git Charlie Rosenbaum an' John Gilmore to come help dey frien's. Dey b'longs to dat Chisolm crowd an' we want dem, too." "'So dey come. Somebody say, "Let's commence right here." I never seen a battle b'fore, but I sho' seen one den. It were lak dis: Mr. Cal Hull was de only democratic white frien' Mr. Rosenbaum had. He stood' twixt his white democratic frien's an' Mr.
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