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"Would to heaven I had thrown the water over this galoot instead of him," and the thermometer of "Dora's" self-satisfaction fell considerably when she did not appear again that evening.
"Anything wrong up at the schoolhouse?" said he. "Oh, no," replied Miss Brown, "but I have always had a great curiosity to see how gold was obtained. It seems as if it must be very easy to handle those little pans. Don't you don't you suppose some miner would lend me his pan and let me try just once?" "Certingly, marm; ev'ry galoot ov'em would be glad of the chance.
But you was so afraid of havin' six bits' worth left over that you wouldn't listen to what I said. I don't like you anyhow. You're the kind of galoot that ought never to git out of sight of a railroad. Now, blast you you starve!" Incredible as the sensation was, Sprudell felt small.
Maybe they're with him. Let's see." They hurried back to the City Hotel. "The room's dark," Spear lighted a taper and they softly opened the door. Benito slept; beside him drowsed a red-shirted miner slumped upon a chair. Adrian shook him, whispering, "Where's Doctor Jones?" "Don't know," muttered the watcher, sleepily. "This yere is his busy night I reckon. Asked me to look after this galoot.
I mind oncet " and there followed an interminable string of reminiscences very interesting to the girl but of no moment to this story. "That feller thet jest went out is your brother's new foreman, Ken Douglass, the sandiest galoot an' best cowman on this range," he concluded. "Of course he didn't know who you was or he'd a spoke to you, 'deed he would! Ken's real polite."
While still a hundred yards from the house, they were suddenly startled by the mad descent upon them of the pup they had recently left behind. "Huh! you young galoot," said Jim. "You got out, I see!" When he entered the cabin it was dark. Keno lighted the candle and Jim put his cup on the table. Then he went to the berth to awaken the tiny foundling and give him a supper of bread and milk.
'Captain Brown couldn't, nor Mr Hay, that shipped mate with him couldn't. But what's that to do with Captain Davis or Mr Herrick, you galoot? 'But Hayes had these wild islands where he used to call, came the next fainter objection. 'We have the wild islands of Peru, retorted Davis. 'They were wild enough for Stephens, no longer agone than just last year. I guess they'll be wild enough for us.
"But what are you going to do about this?" "That depends upon the feller who comes to meet her." "But you ain't going to try to take him? That would be playing it pretty low down on them both." "Keep your hair on, Jimmy! The Judge and me are only going to rastle with the sperrit of that gay young galoot, when he drops down for his girl and exhort him pow'ful!
Well, one night here comes Jim along the road, whistling; to court Susan, and there was the ugly galoot a-yearning on the bank under the pear tree.
He's ther luckiest galoot what ever tried ter do a thing, an' if he has made up his mind ter clean us out yer kin bet he'll do it!" "Pshaw!" spoke up one of the others. "That's all foolishness. Jest because these galoots you're talkin' about happened ter clean out ther gang you belonged to in Arizony, don't say that they're goin' ter do anything like that with us.
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