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That onery brother of mine, Richelieu, hez taken some of his specimens over to Jim Bradley to be tested. And Bradley, just to please that child, takes 'em; and not an hour ago Bradley comes running, likety switch, over to Pop to tell him to put up his notices, for the hull of that ledge where the forge stands is a mine o' silver and copper.
Ebbery place on de green yairth, Marse Hesden, 'ceptin' dis one, whar dey hez ter shoe de goats fer ter help 'em climb de bluffs; an' please de Lo'd I'll be from h'yer jest es soon ez de train come's 'long dat's 'boun' fer de happy land of Canaan." "We shall have to stop over, dear," said Hesden to his wife. "There's no doing anything with Berry in the time we have between the trains.
"What do you mean?" asked Henry in astonishment. "Tell him, Paul," said the shiftless one. "Saplin' hez cooked so well, an' I'm so busy eatin' I can't spare time fur talk." "We felt sure we'd rescue Henry," said Paul, "and we arranged everything so we could get back South as fast as we could.
Now, I don't see no use in dis h'yer notion, not a bit. Ef de white folks hez made up der minds an' hit seems ter me dey hez dat cullu'd folks shan't vote 'less dey votes wid dem, we mout jest ez well gib up fust as las'!" "Nebber! nebber, by God!" cried Nimbus, striding across the platform, his hands clenched and the veins showing full and round on neck and brow.
"Poor fools!" he thought; "they expect to win, and nine-tenths of them are bound in the end to be fleeced out of all they possess. Why men who have brains will throw away good money in this fashion is more than I can understand." "Thar's Stillwater," whispered Cal Clemmer. "Hang hez hide, I'd like ter wring hez neck fer him." "Better wring his money bag first," smiled Pawnee Brown.
None knew better than they the dangers to which they were about to be exposed, and none knew better than they the wilderness greatness of Timmendiquas. "A lazy man always hez the most trouble," said Shif'less Sol in a whisper to the others. "Mebbe ef he wuzn't so lazy he'd be lively 'nough to git out o' the way o' trouble.
"Won't thar be no more klectin taxes?" inquired Laban Jones. "I guess thar won't be much more klectin roun' here 'nless the klector hez a couple o' rigiments o' melishy tew help him dew it," replied Abner. "I dunno, baout that," said Ezra Phelps. "Thar's more'n one way ter skin a cat."
Now that Injun crowd hez drawed off to the east, an' I think we've seed the last o' them, while the Spaniards, thinkin' they've had enough o' excitement, will keep straight on to New Or-lee-yuns." "I've no doubt you're right," said Henry, "and we'll follow to-night. We'll let them take a good start."
"Yes, I'se changed, ob co'se; but not as you hez, Bre'er 'Liab. Dis h'yer ole shell hez changed. Nimbus couldn't tote yer roun' like he used. I'se hed a hard time a hard time, 'Liab, an' I ain't nuffin' like de man, I used ter be; but I hain't changed inside like you hez. I'se jes de same ole Nimbus dat I allus wuz jes de same, only kinder broke down in sperrit, Bre'er 'Liab.
"These yere men hez fought in the late war, yer see, plenty of 'um, an' you bet they don't carry no bokays on ther bayonits." As the column advanced, I glanced anxiously toward the human sea down yonder.
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