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The river was dangerous during my day, and the pop of a pistol was as natural as the bark of a dog. But old Gid was there by me." "Oh, I don't doubt that he has some good qualities," she admitted. "But why doesn't he mend his ways?" "Oh, he hasn't time for that, Margaret. He's too busy with other matters. There, now, we won't talk about him.
But they promised to sit tight, each and all, and bring him to time the sooner. "Well, he didn't come to time. We learned he was getting money from some place. He still had it. So I begun to get my suspicions up. Last night I got the bunch together, Gid and Harvey D. and Ella and Juliana, and I taxed 'em with duplicity, and every last one of 'em was guilty as paint every goshed last one!
"Well, it just amounts to the whole of Sweetbriar a-rising up and declaring of a war on Gid Newsome, and I for one want to march in the front ranks and tote a blunderbuss what I couldn't hit nothing smaller than a barn door with if I waster try," exclaimed Mrs. Rucker as she waited at the store for a package Mr. Crabtree was wrapping for her.
Time you gets a collection o' choice flowers in your door-yard, you'll have 'bout the most desirable residence in the hull state of Wyoming. Ain't you satisfied? What's the matter?" "I'm just some worr'ed, Gid," Kiddie answered, flinging a leg over the arm of his chair. "My!" exclaimed Gideon. "What in creation 've you gotter worry about?" "Just the cabin," Kiddie answered dreamily.
'Tain't servin' the Government right for him to be careless about himself. Now here's 27 rations o' bread, meat, coffee, sugar, salt and beans three apiece for each of us. Harry Joslyn, you and Gid Mack divide them up into nine equal piles." Si and Shorty turned to give directions about packing up the shelter-tents and blankets for carrying.
He grunted and replied: "I guess this is a free country or at least it ought to be." "Yes," Gid rejoined, still facing him, "but it won't be altogether free for such as you until the penitentiaries are abolished." "Oh, I understand you, Mr. Batts. You are trying to work up a chance to kill me." "Good guess; and you are trying to help me along."
Jest go on and take your time like we want here waitin' for you." While the Major was in the dining-room, Gid came out and told him that the priest had said to him and to others that it might be well to call at the Major's house immediately upon his return from Brantly. "He's all right," said the Major, getting up and taking the lead toward the library.
To what was passing the Major was humorously alive, and, too keenly tickled to sit still, he walked up and down the room, slyly shaking himself. Mrs. Cranceford asked Gid if he had read the book which she had loaned him, the "Prince of the House of David," and he answered that when at last he had fallen asleep the night before, the precious volume had dropped beside his pillow.
"You can eat the hind leg of a rhinoceros right now." "Do you mean to insult me, sir?" Sanders retorted, weakly bristling up; and the Major turning from the sideboard, with the odd-shaped bottle and several glasses in his hands, looked at Batts and said: "Don't, Gid." "All right, but I was joking," the old rascal declared. "Wash and I always prank with each other.
"Why, railro'ds ain't any of our business," the giant replied, with his eyes wide open and frank. "What are you slaves?" Parker cried, angrily. In addition to his lesson in woods' thivalry he was getting education regarding the irresponsibility of these unconventional children of the wild lands. The taunt did not seem to anger the men. "This railro'd is Gid Ward's business," said Connick.
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