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Updated: May 10, 2025
Over the hubbub of voices above sounded some remonstrating tones, as though others were urging a less violent course. "It's the workmen from the camp!" guessed Hotelman Ashby, in a voice that shook as though from ague. "Sounds like it," chuckled Tom. "Cheer up, Ashby. If it's our railroad crew I'll try to see to it that they don't do more than half kill you!"
Behind the refreshment-tables stood the hotelman and his barkeeper with their coats off and sleeves rolled up to the shoulder, passing out bottles, and drawing beer and whisky from two kegs hoisted up for that purpose. Nixon was in his glory. It was his night. Every man was to get drunk at his expense, he proclaimed, flinging down bills upon the table.
The Kite as a hotelman was a new one on me. Last I knew of him, he was in the business of making book at the Emeryville track; and I supposed if I ever thought of him that he'd followed the ponies south across the border. As I stepped close to the counter, he spoke low, his look one of puzzled and somewhat anxious inquiry. "Running straight, Jerry. You may ask the Chief. What can I do for you?"
Sweet, the hotelman at the Pool, takes all we can give him." "How much does her 'taking care of the garden' amount to?" "It amounts to all the planting, and nearly all the other work, after the first digging by far the greater part of it." Charlton walked up and down a few turns in most unsatisfied silence. "How does she get the things to Montepoole?" "I take them." "You! When?"
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