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Updated: May 16, 2025
"I'd go West and begin again." "But how'm I goin' to get away, sir?" the man asked blankly. "Sell your things for the best price you can get and I'll loan you the balance of the money you'll need." "Will you, sir?" the woman gasped. "I ain't got no security for ye, Colonel " Doyle protested. "You are my friend and neighbor, Mr. Doyle. You're in distress. You don't need security.
"How'm I getting on, sir?" was the reply. "Well, about as bad as a man can. Look at me, sir; there I am. That's my shadder. I don't know what our servants at home would say to see me going along over the sand this how. Look at my shadder, sir; looks like a monkey a-top of a long-legged shed." "The shadows do look strange, Sam." "Strange, sir? They look horrid.
Another curiosity, however, claimed Verman's attention. His eyes opened wide, and he pointed at Herman's legs. "Wha' ma' oo? Mammy hay oo hip ap hoe-woob." "Mammy tell ME git 'at stove-wood?" Herman interpreted resentfully. "How'm I go' git 'at stove-wood when my britches down bottom 'at cistern, I like you answer ME please? You shet 'at do' behime you!"
"Cap'n Jabez said she had, this arternoon," said Caleb, slowly, tying a trace. "I dunno's the old lady's to blame. Seem's if she hadn't ought to be left alone." "But how'm I goin' to get 'em back?" persisted Amanda, coming close to him, her poor little face pinched and eager. "He jest showed me the receipt, all signed. How'm I goin' to get the things, Caleb?"
The thick one stood squinting off at the distant mountain thoughtfully, then he turned and eyed Billy again. "How'm I gonta know you're efficient?" he challenged. "Guess you'c'n take me er leave me," came back the boy quickly. "Course if you've got plenty help " The man gave him a quick bitter glance. The kid was sharp. He knew there was no one else. Besides, how much had he overheard?
"Thet might be wise," muttered Snake Anson. "Beasley, the weak point in your game is the uncertainty of life. Old Al is tough. He may fool you." "Auchincloss is a dyin' man," declared Beasley, with such positiveness that it could not be doubted. "Wal, he sure wasn't plumb hearty when I last seen him.... Beasley, in case I play your game how'm I to know that girl?"
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