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"Not very, mammy," he said; "but I ain't cold, nuther; an' thet's somethin'." It was the way in the Hyer family to make the best of things; they had always possessed this virtue to such an extent, that they suffered from it as from a vice. There was hardly to be found in all Southern Tennessee a more contented, shiftless, ill-bestead family than theirs. But there was no grumbling.
"Glad to meet you, seh. But you're mistaken in one thing. I'm not your host. This gentleman behind you is." The man turned and saw Bucky, who was standing with his back against the door, a bland smile on his face. "Yes, seh. I'm your host to-night. Sheriff Collins, hyer, is another guest.
"We kin do better some'rs else," was Oncle Jazon's laconic remark flung back over his shoulder, as he moved briskly away from the spot just swept by a six-pounder. "Come this yer way, Lieutenant. I hyer some o' the fellers a talkin' loud jes' beyant Legrace's place. They ain't no sort o' sense a tryin' to hit anything a shootin' in the dark nohow."
“Wuss,” said Pete, “hit’s a landslide.” Instantly a thought went through my brain like a hot bullet and made me shudder. “Pete,” I shouted. “I’m right hyer, tenderfut, you needn’t holler so loud,” he answered, and calmly filled his pipe.
I got a kinda misery in my laigs from trompin' these hyer streets. My feet are plumb burnin' up. You didn't answer my letters, so I come to see if you was all right." "You old scalawag. You came to paint the town red." Johnnie, highly delighted at this charge, protested. "Honest I didn't, Clay. I wasn't feelin' so tur'ble peart. Seemed like the boys picked on me after you left.
For an instant the scene went black before his eyes, and as he staggered forward, Big Abel caught his arm. "I'se hyer, Marse Dan, I'se hyer," groaned the negro in his ear. "But the others? Where are the others?" asked Dan, coming to himself. "Hold me, Big Abel, I'm an utter fool. O Congo! Is that Congo?"
And when Bonaventure asked the apparition the untiring question to which so many hundreds had answered No, the tall man looked down upon the questioner, a bright smile suddenly lighting up the unlovely chin-whiskered face, and asked: "Makes a fiddle thess talk an' cry?" "Yes." "Well, he hain't been gone from hyer two weeks." It was true.
The partisans of Seward set about winning votes by much parading in the streets with banners and music, and by out-yelling all competitors within the walls of the convention. For this intelligent purpose they had engaged Tom Hyer, the prize fighter, with a gang of roughs, to hold possession of the Wigwam, and to howl illimitably at appropriate moments.
The man might take a notion to slide down, with the intention of attacking him, and Thad wanted to make sure of his line of defense, like a wise general always should. "Hey! wot's thet ye say? I got a boat just a leettle way below hyer, an' my dorg's got a right ter run loose. Ye owns up ye shooted ther pore critter, does yer?
At the earliest mention of the details affecting the loss, the elbow of the person who had made himself responsible for the financial obligation of the day propelled itself against my middle part, and unseen by the other he indicated to me by means of his features that the entertainment was becoming one of agreeable prepossession. "Now, touching this hyer wallet," he said presently.
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