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"Why looky-here," he says, "ain't that Buck Miller's place, over yander in the bend." "Yes," says I, "it is why." He laid his pipe down and leant his head on his hand, and says "I thought we'd be furder down." I says

"I don't know; I reckon it ain't a bar'l, but I thought it might be," says he. "Yes," I says, "so it might be, and it might be anything else, too; a body can't tell nothing about it, such a distance as that," I says. 'We hadn't nothing else to do, so we kept on watching it. By and by I says "Why looky-here, Dick Allbright, that thing's a-gaining on us, I believe." 'He never said nothing.

"Somehow, I got the idea you was a bachelor man," went on the Honorable William cheerfully. "Thought you lived here all alone in solitary splenjure; never looked at a woman in your whole life in the whole memory of man. But, looky-here, now, what's this?" Dunwody, suddenly confused, could only wonder whether his face showed what he really felt. His guest continued his investigation.

"Looky-here," said the soldier, "if you try any sauce with me, you'll be sorry for it; and, what's more, you won't get this pretty suit o' scarlet clothes I was minded to leave you for a present." "Thank you," said Nandy. "They won't fit so badly if you turn up the bottoms o' the pantaloons: and you can't look worse than you do in a state o' nature."

The soldier put up a hand and seemed to be beckoning, cautious-like. Nandy waded nearer. "Looky-here, lobster none of your tricks!" he said. "They-there clothes belong to me." "I ain't goin' to be a lobster, as you put it, much longer," said the soldier. "I'm a-goin' to cast my shell." And with that he begins to unbutton his tunic.

Whether his spiteful attitude toward the unfortunate Bob arose from this, or the loss of the fifteen hundred dollars, Mr. Hennage now purposed discovering. He leaned toward Carey confidentially and lowered his voice. "Say, looky-here, Mr. Carey. This boy, McGraw, is a friend o' mine. A little wild? Yes. But what young feller now-a-days ain't?

'No, sir, I didn't. It was only to get a ride on the raft. All boys does that. 'Well, I know that. But what did you hide for? 'Sometimes they drive the boys off. 'So they do. They might steal. Looky-here; if we let you off this time, will you keep out of these kind of scrapes hereafter? ''Deed I will, boss. You try me. 'All right, then. You ain't but little ways from shore.

"I don't know; I reckon it ain't a bar'l, but I thought it might be," says he. "Yes," I says, "so it might be, and it might be anything else, too; a body can't tell nothing about it, such a distance as that," I says. 'We hadn't nothing else to do, so we kept on watching it. By and by I says "Why looky-here, Dick Allbright, that thing's a-gaining on us, I believe." 'He never said nothing.

They all laughed, and I tried again to talk, but they broke in on me and stopped me. 'Now, looky-here, says Davy; 'you're scared, and so you talk wild. Honest, now, do you live in a scow, or is it a lie? 'Yes, sir, in a trading scow. She lays up at the head of the bend. But I warn't born in her. It's our first trip. 'Now you're talking! What did you come aboard here, for? To steal?

'No, sir, I didn't. It was only to get a ride on the raft. All boys does that. 'Well, I know that. But what did you hide for? 'Sometimes they drive the boys off. 'So they do. They might steal. Looky-here; if we let you off this time, will you keep out of these kind of scrapes hereafter? ''Deed I will, boss. You try me. 'All right, then. You ain't but little ways from shore.