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Joe said dubiously: "I think I see...." "Mike and his gang of little guys are bein' saps on purpose. If anybody's goin' to pull some fast stuff, next shift change that's the time everybody's got to! Last chance! Mike and his gang don't know what's gonna happen, but they sure know when! They're invitin' the real saboteurs to make fools of 'em. And what'll happen?"
"Don't seem to ba much of a store, after all," soliloquized the Deacon, after he had surveyed the display. "Ain't a patchin' to Ol Taylor's. Don't see anything very invitin' here. O, yes, here's a cheese. Say, Mister, gi' me about four pounds o' that there cheese." "Plank down your $2 fust, ole man." responded the storekeeper. "This is a cash store cash in advance every time.
"Well, it's all right, isn't it?" she demanded. "You kin ride if anybody asks you, can't you? I'm invitin' you to ride on this boat with me, Mr. Botts!"
But Billy turns all kinds of hues, an' is that prostrated he surges across to the Red Light an' gets two drinks alone, never invitin' nobody, before he realizes. When he does invite us he admits frank he's plumb locoed for a moment by the shock.
Martha beamed delightedly. "For your father to say it's more than somethin', it's a whole big lot," she declared. "Well, well, well! Cap'n Jeth invitin' Nelson to come and see him and talk with him! Mercy me! 'Wonders 'll never cease, fish fly and birds swim, as my own father used to say," she added, with a laugh. "Mr.
He had a story framed up that painted me as the bloodiest young tough the Lone Star had ever produced, and it never failed to get me all the attention there was in the house. One night we came to the best lookin' place we'd seen, and, in answer to Jim's summons, out walked an old man, followed by two of the prettiest girls I ever saw, who joined their father in invitin' us in.
And I also conceited that here and there might be a man who had been onfortunit in his trappin' or his venturs in the settlements, and might act'ally be in need of food and garments, or it may be he had acted wickedly at times, and had lost confidence in his own goodness and the goodness of others, and I said I will make the tarms of the invitin' broad enough to include each and all, whoever and whatever he may be.
"Are you invitin' me to dine?" he said quizzically. "Well, kinda that way," admitted Hiram with a foolish grin. "I haven't eaten myself, and " "I haven't eaten myself either, nor anybody else since yesterday mornin'. I accept." And promptly Mr. Tweet pushed ahead through the swinging doors. The restaurant was all but deserted at the late breakfast hour when Hiram Hooker and Mr. Tweet entered.
Close upon 9 p.m. the combined attack developed; Khye-Kheens across the valley, and Malo'ts in front of us, pluggin' at long range and yellin' to each other to come along and cut our infidel throats. Then they skirmished up to the gate, and began the old game of calling our Pathans renegades, and invitin' 'em to join the holy war.
"I suppose the likes of your honor won't be at home on the Christmas Day? And it's me cousins from the old counthry at Rough-and-Ready that are invitin' me." "Why don't you ask them over here?" said Mulrady, with another vague inspiration. "I'll stand treat." "Lord preserve you for a jinerous gintleman! But it's the likes of them and myself that wouldn't be at home here on such a day."
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