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And she went over such a lot of unjust laws that I didn't know but she wuz right, and that we wuz jest about as bad off in some things. They marry dretful young in China. Little babies are engaged to be married right whilst they're teethin', but they can't marry I guess till they are ten or twelve years old. From Canton we went back to Hongkong, intendin' to go from there to Calcutta.
It's only twenty miles to the line, an' the way I'm intendin' to travel I'll be over it before Toban can ketch me. I don't want him to ketch me he was a friend of my dad's, an' puttin' him out of business wouldn't help me none." "Will you be safe, then?" she asked fearfully. "I reckon. But I won't be stoppin' at the line. I'm through here; there's nothin' here to hold me.
Hapgood, as far as that goes we ain't intendin' to " "Hush, Daniel. We don't know what we intend. You know that our plans are not settled as yet. We will consider the matter, Hapgood. Good day." "Good day, ma'am," said Hapgood. "Good day, sir." He opened the big front door, bowed them out, and stood respectfully waiting as they descended the steps.
Now Vesty, even as stiddy as she is, she 's all'as gittin' the women folks crazy over some new patron for a apern, or some new resute for pudd'n' and pie. So," he added, "ef you sh'd come to me, intendin' to splice, all the advice 't I c'd give 'ud be, I don't know widders; poo! poo! hohum! Wal, wal try widders."
By gum! As I'm a livin' sinner there comes the whole crowd of hostile redskins. They've got their guns, and by Gum! they're painted. Looks bad, bad! Not much friendliness about that bunch!" "They ain't intendin' to be peaceable." "By gum! You're right. There ain't one of them settin' down. 'Pears to me I know some of them redskins. There's Pipe, sure enough, and Kotoxen. By gum!
If yer intendin' ter stay yere, ye better have yer mail sent ter the hotel." "Thank you; I'll see. I do not know yet the length of my stay." "Are ye yere on business?" "Partly; but it may require only a few days." "Waal, if yer do stay over, maybe I kin fix yer up a bit more comfortable-like. Thar'll be some drummers a goin' out to-day, I reckon."
"Deacon White come up, an' he said he an' Polly would bring their own lunch an' their own pillow an' blanket an' hammock an' look on, 'cause Polly wanted to see the fun an' they were n't intendin' to have any fireworks anyhow. He said he was curious about the ox himself; he said he wondered where they'd get the ox, an' the pit, too, for that matter.
Oh, Massa, in course you knows dat I is sure you does you is only intendin' on puppose to make game of dis here nigger, isn't you?" "You villain," said I, "you took a rise out of me that time, at any rate. It ain't often any feller does that, so I think you deserve a glass of the old Jamaiky for it when we go on board. Now go and shoot a Jesuit-priest if you see one."
Perhaps we can head off Hogan and Wynn at the dock." "No such luck. But look here oncet, Clancy. Are you intendin' to mix the police in this game o' muggins?" "No," was the answer. "We'll handle it ourselves." "And the idee is " "To recover, the fifteen thousand dollars," "Who gets it, after it's recovered?" "I do. It belongs to Lafe Wynn and myself, doesn't it?"
When he started so early for town I thought he might be intendin' to look for her, and yet be in time for the Ports' supper, but she didn't come back this way at all, and I expect she went home by the shunpike." "Which she did," said Dick, showing by this remark that he was listening to what the old woman was saying. "But he cut me mighty short when I asked him," continued old Jane.
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