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"Go to bed, George," he said, "and don't give yourself any uneasiness. I'll settle that fellow in the morning." That was the end of the $800 Police Commissioner. Sherman Thurston, my old friend, is dead. He has passed in his checks, shuffled his last cards, dealt his final lay-out, and been gathered to the gods.
I've got a relation back t' Michigan who's ben hot an' cold on the idea o' comin' West f'r some time. Might come if he could get a good lay-out. What do you talk on the farm?" "Well, I d' know. I'll rent it on shares or I'll rent it money rent." "Waal, how much money, say?" "Well, say ten per cent, on the price two-fifty." "Wall, that ain't bad. Wait on 'im till 'e thrashes?"
She had no definite purpose except to spy the lay-out, to make sure that her fears were justified. But through the hinterland of her consciousness rebellious thoughts were racing. These smugglers were wholly outside the law. It was her right to frustrate them if she could.
Russell, my old employer, was one of the proprietors. Simpson was going with this train to Fort Laramie and points further west. "Come along with me, Billy," said he, "I'll give you a good lay-out. I want you with me." "I don't know that I would like to go as far west as that again," replied I, "but I do want to ride the pony express once more; there's some life in that."
"Say, boss," he began, "we've heerd tell this lay-out is a dead gut bonanza. There's folks in Spawn City says ther's gold enough here to drown the United States Treasury department. Guess we come along to gather some." He grinned in an ingratiating manner. Minky thought before answering. "Ther' sure is a heap o' gold around. But it ain't easy. I don't guess you'd gather much in a shovel.
An', seein' I doped all my wad into this lay-out, it 'ud well-nigh mean ruin to act that way." Then he turned to Jeff, who was almost bewildered at the curious attitude toward each other of these men. "Now, I ain't got a fancy yarn to hand you," he went on, fumbling in his pockets. "I jest got my papers, here, as I got 'em from the law fellers.
O, we got a red parasol too, and left it right in the middle of the floor. Well, when I looked at the lay-out, and heard Pa snoring, I thought I should die. You see, Ma knows Pa is, a darn good feller, but she is easily excited.
She prided herself on the Atmosphere of Culture that permeated the Establishment, and on the Fact that she did not harbor any Improper Characters. A good many Improper Characters came around and sized up the Lay-Out and then blew. It was a sure-enough Boarding-House, such as many of our Best People know all about even if they won't tell.
I told "Aud" to give me $100 worth of checks and I would try my luck in the new house. I got the checks, and they gave me a front seat so that I could bet all over the lay-out if I so desired. On the first deal I won out about $400. "Aud" shuffled up again with a great deal of care, and I started in again.
"Now I guess I'll show you where his lay-out is if you'll sure give me your promise to let me hunt around fer ha'f-an-hour around his corrals 'fore you butt in. Then I'll get right back to you an' you can go up, an' shoot him to hell, if you notion that fancy." Scipio almost beamed his thanks. The man's kindness seemed a noble thing to him. "You're a real bully fellow," he said.
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