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Harum, "you done better up here in the country 'n you might some 'ers else " "Oh, yes," said John sincerely, "thanks to you, I have indeed, and " " an' ne' mind about me you got quite a little bunch o' money together now. I was thinkin' 't mebbe you might feel 't you needn't to stay here no longer if you didn't want to." The young man turned to the speaker inquiringly, but Mr.
I reckon, I says, 'that if they'd club together, the folks your husband p'inted out to me to-day could almost satisfy the requirements of the 'Merican Soci'ty fer For'n Missions. Mis' Price laughed, an' looked over at her husband. 'Yes, says Price, 'I told Mr. Harum about some of the people we saw this afternoon, an' I must say he didn't appear to be as much impressed as I thought he would.
When he was out of sight, Mee-Mee went up to Abe Harum. "You no savvy what he say," she said. "I savvy heap. He say Kiddie never, never come back. He say he catch Kiddie on trail, kill him, take him scalp." "I don't notion he came here ter say that, though," said Rube. "What d'you reckon he come for?" asked Abe. "Dunno," said Rube. "But I got a idea.
You're dealin' with David Harum, Banker, an' I consider 't I'm dealin' with a lady, or the father of one on her account, I says. "'He-uh, he-uh! I meant no offense, sir, he says. "'None bein' meant, none will be took, I says. 'Now, I says, I was offered one-seventy-five fer that hoss day before yestidy, an' wouldn't take it. I can't sell him fer that, I says.
That's what you can do, Misther Macdermot: and when you've done all that, there'll be one, as would have stood betwixt you and all harum, will then go far enough to give you back your own in the hardships you've druv him to. And then I'll go on, and I'll say, 'And you can do this you can tell me to go and be d d, as ye did many a day, and give me what bad language ye like; and you can send Pat to me next day or so, jist to tell me to sell the oats, and bring in what thrifle I can; and then, Mr.
The two men sat for a while smoking in silence, John taking an occasional sip of his grog. Mr. Harum had swallowed his own liquor "raw," as was the custom in Homeville and vicinity, following the potation with a mouthful of water. Presently he settled a little farther down in his chair and his face took on a look of amused recollection. He looked up and gave a short laugh.
Next morning I recognized my fellow-countyman, Bob Greenlee, of the First Virginia Cavalry, as the man whose eloquence had terrorized the negroes. Greenlee has been aptly styled "a rare bird," and the accounts he gave of experiences during his sick-leave, from which he was now returning, were as good as "David Harum."
You got a kind streak in ye, Dave Harum, if you did send me this here note but I s'pose ye know your own bus'nis," she added with a sigh of resignation. "I ben fearin' fer a good while 't I couldn't hold on t' that prop'ty, an' I don't know but what you might's well git it as 'Zeke Swinney, though I ben hopin' 'gainst hope that Charley 'd be able to do more 'n he has."
John still looked at the speaker in utter perplexity, until the latter broke out into a laugh. "Got any idee what's goin' onto the new sign?" he asked. "You don't mean " "Yes, I do," declared Mr. Harum, "an' my notion 's this, an' don't you say aye, yes, nor no till I git through," and he laid his left hand restrainingly on John's knee.
"It burns very nicely," said the victim. Mr. Harum emitted a cough which was like a chuckle, or a chuckle which was like a cough, and relapsed into silence again. Presently he turned his head, looked curiously at the young man for a moment, and then turned his glance again to the fire.
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