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But th' ain't no danger in it, not less'n he's made a laughin'-stalk of which is cruelty to animals, an' shouldn't be allowed.
A cruise in a tidy schooner like this will do me more good than them blamed doctors could if they fiddled around me for a year." "How is your leg feeling now?" asked Drew solicitously. "Better already," grinned Tyke. "In less'n a week I'll be chucking these crutches overboard. See if I don't." Suddenly Tyke fell silent.
You are a jackass from the country where ears less'n three foot long are curiosities. You sassed that poor swatty that wanted to keep you out of this, tooting your bazoo like a man peddling soap; but now it's up to you. What are you going to do about it?" and I didn't get any answer, neither. Well, it was no use asking myself conundrums out there in the dark when time was so scarce.
But that old fire blazed anew when the old man told him about the threats and insults of little Aaron Honeycutt, and the story of Mavis and Gray. "Mavis in thar," he rumbled, "stood up fer him agin me agin ME. She 'lowed thar wasn't a Hawn fitten to be kinfolks o' his even by marriage, less'n 'twas you." "An' she told me ME to mind my own business. Is that boy Gray comin' back hyeh?"
I'm gwine ter look at dat newspaper dey be'n talkin' 'bout, an' 'less'n my min' changes might'ly, I'm gwine ter keep my mouf shet an' stan' in wid de Angry-Saxon race, ez dey calls deyse'ves nowadays, an' keep on de right side er my bread an' meat. Wat nigger ever give me twenty cents in all my bawn days?"
"And I know there isn't a gratefuler man living than I am for your kindness to my poor forsaken little feller," answered Mr. Brown, dropping both his burdens to give the comely woman's hands a hard shake. "Now don't say a word about it, but sit down and rest, and we'll have tea in less'n no time. Ben must be tired and hungry, though he's so happy I don't believe he knows it," laughed Mrs.
Up she goes, boy, an' don't yer dare ter scowl at me like thet again, less ye wanter feel ther toe o' my moccasin. Wy, I've sliced a feller's ears orf fur less'n thet. I'm a holy terror wen I'm riled up, ain't I, Dubois?" said Stackpole. And this was the man whom they had entertained at their camp and given the best meal of his whole life! Eli made a note of the fact for future reference.
Just the' same, I don't know where there's another girl that could dress for the big event in less'n half an hour, while the guests was arrivin'. Next came Mr. Robert's sister, Marjorie, towin' her Ferdie along. Aunt Zenobia and my Uncle Kyrle and Aunt Martha breezed in soon after, with Old Hickory and Mrs. Ellins right behind 'em.
When Sandy wuz wid me he had on gray clo's, an' when we sep'rated he wa'n't in no shape ter be changin' his clo's, let 'lone robbin' er killin' anybody." "Your testimony ought to prove an alibi for him," declared Miller. "Dere ain' gwine ter be no chance ter prove nothin', 'less'n we kin do it mighty quick! Dey say dey're gwine ter lynch 'im ter-night, some on 'em is talkin' 'bout burnin' 'im.
You was to 've died by ax-ident las' night, but the new visitor thet's dropped in on us ain't cut 'is turkey teeth yet, an' his mother Lord, how that name sounds! Mother! I hardly know 'er by it, long ez I been tryin' to fit it to 'er an' fearin' to, too, less'n somethin' might go wrong with either one.
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