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"My!" sighed Pratt Sanderson in his soul. "Frances has got them all beat in every little way. That's as sure as sure!" Jackleg was in holiday attire. It was a raw Western settlement, it was true; but there was more business ambition and public spirit in the place than in half a dozen Eastern towns of its population.
'Tisn't a mailed letter." "It was give to me on the trail, Capitan," said Victorino, softly. "As I came back from the horse pasture." "Who gave it to you?" demanded the ranchman, beginning to slit the flap of the envelope. "I am not informed," said Victorino, still with lowered gaze. "The Señor who presented it declare' it was give to heem by a strange hand at Jackleg.
If she tried to show him that the jewels and ornaments were not fit for her to wear, he would be hurt. "Yes!" exclaimed Captain Rugley, evidently much pleased with the idea of a social time that he had evolved with Mrs. Edwards' help, "we'll have as nice a dinner as San Soo can make. After dinner we'll have dancing, I'll get the string band from Jackleg.
Never was such a place as the old Bar-T for folks getting hurt." "Bar-T?" ejaculated the young man, with sudden interest. "Then you must be Miss Rugley, Captain Dan Rugley's daughter?" "Yes, sir," said the girl, quietly. "Captain Rugley is my father." "And you're going to put on that very clever spectacle at the Jackleg schoolhouse next month?
He has been told many a time how the born-and-trained novelist works; won't he let me round and complete his knowledge by telling him how the jackleg does it? Originally the story was called THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS. I meant to make it very short.
Rheumatism a black eye this time. I'm going to 'shake a leg' at this dance if it's the last act of my life." "Don't be too reckless," she told him, with a worried little frown on her brow. "I want you to be able to ride to Jackleg to see the pageant. And that comes the very day but one after our dance." "I'll be all right," he assured her. "I have a dance promised from Mrs.
"It is true, that in the goodness of his heart he will allow the negro community to have a negro preacher, teacher, doctor, pharmacist and jackleg lawyer, but further than this he will not go. Practically all of the other higher forms of labor are hermetically sealed so far as the negro is concerned.
As she rode along she thought much about the pageant that was to be held at Jackleg; many of the brightest points in that entertainment were evolved by Frances of the ranges on this long ride to the Peckham ranch. There were several breaks in the monotony of the journey. One was when another covered wagon came into view, taking the trail far ahead of them.
Lordy, Boy, thar wuz er man that wuz er man! Ye couldn't a made no jackleg carpenter outen him " He paused and cast a sly wink at Nancy as she bent over her knitting. "Tell me about him?" the Boy cried. "Yessir, Dan'l Boone wuz a man an' no mistake. The Indians would ketch 'im an' keep er ketchin' 'im an' he'd slip through their fingers slicker'n a eel.
"Gal's gone to telephone for the medical sharp, who'll show up on Number 20 when she goes through Jackleg. I'm to meet him. Or," and he began to chuckle again, "José Reposa was, and I took his place so's to meet you here as I promised." "And lots of good your meeting me seems to do me," growled the man called Pete. "Well, old fellow! is that my fault?" demanded the puncher. "I don't know.
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