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Thought he'd get me sure before I rounded that bend; but when I looked back, blessed if he wasn't grabbin' up our strings of fish like fun, and making off with 'em. I don't know right now whether I'm just scared, or only boiling mad. Tell me, somebody!" "A little of both, I guess!" declared Bobolink, grinning.
Blackburn's face was seamed with wrath over the news Lawler had communicated. "So that's the polecat scheme they're runnin'!" he said, hoarsely. "I reckon they know that between here an' Red Rock there's a dozen big gangs of buzzards which make a business of grabbin' cattle from every herd that hits the Tom Long trail!" "Blackburn," said Lawler gravely; "do you know of any other trail?"
"What do you want?" "Red sent us over to find out what'n hell you fellas means by grabbin' off one o' our men." "He's not one of your men," denied Phil. "You're a liar!" cried the man who was carrying the flag. "He belongs to our party an' we want him back damn quick or we'll come an' take him. What're you holdin' him prisoner fer? You let him go, Mister, an' there won't be no more fuss about it."
Ee says ee knows they're set on grabbin' the birds t'other side the estate, over beyond Mellor way ee's got wind of it an' ee's watchin' night an' day to see they don't do him no bad turn this month, bekase o' the big shoot they allus has in January. An' lor', ee do speak drefful bad o' soom folks," said Mrs. Jellison, with an amused expression. "You know some on 'em, miss, don't yer?"
"Well, well!" says I. "What's all this mean, old son? Been buyin' out the spark shop? I expect somebody's going to get a weddin' present, eh?" "Not not exactly," says Vincent, his cheeks pinkin' up and his right hand slidin' toward his coat pocket. "Oh, ho!" says I, grabbin' the wrist and exposin' the little square package. "A ring or I'm a poor guesser.
"I s'pose you feel like puttin' on that piazzy hat of yourn and grabbin' your speakin'-trumpet, leather buckets, and bed-wrench, and startin' for it," sneered Cap'n Sproul in a lull of the wind. "In the old times they had wimmen called sirens to coax men ashore. But that thing there seems to be better bait of the Smyrna fire department."
But from what Moll Hawk sez there's a scheme on foot to get the best of Rachel Gwyn by grabbin' Violy some night an' rushin' her to a hidin' place down the river where Barry figgers he c'n persuade her to marry him an' live happy ever afterwards, as the sayin' is.
She tol' me how dey brought her from Africa. You know, like we say 'President' in dis country, well dey call him 'Chief' in Africa. Seem like de Chief made 'rangements wid some men an' dey had a big goober grabbin' for de young folks. Dey stole my ma an' some more an' brung 'em to dis country. "I don't 'member nothin' 'bout havin' no pa.
Solomon, who had stood back in the edge of the bush, approached them and said to Lady Hare: "I guess if the truth was known, they's more rebels in England than thar be in Ameriky." He turned to Jack and added: "My son, you're a reg'lar Tory privateer grabbin' for gold. Give 'em one a piece fer me." Margaret ran upon the old scout and kissed his bearded cheek. "Reg'lar lightnin' hurler!" said he.
"What, Harry Vane?" ejaculated Fox, in genuine surprise. "Tell me all about it, Mrs. Brock." "Well, you see, he ran into my yard all out of breath, and grabbin' a red tablecloth from the line, asked me if I would lend it to him. 'Land sakes! says I, 'what do you want of a tablecloth?" "'The track's washed away, he said, 'and I want to signal the train.
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