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"Yes, sir," said the agreeable servant, "I'll go right away, sir," and left the room. Five minutes elapsed, and then a voice at his shoulder startled him: "Did you send for me, Mr. McKinney? What is it I can do?" "You are very kind, Mrs. Mrs. "Mrs. Miller," said the lady, with a smile that he remembered. "Now, please spare me even the mildest of rebukes.
Bob Gray, with "I" Troop, was away up at Fort McKinney then, but an important court met at the old station down on the Platte, and, as luck would have it, Lieutenant Davies was sent in as judge-advocate. Just why Mrs. Cranston should have made no mention to Miss Loomis of his coming is a matter only a woman can explain, but she kept the matter to herself until the evening of his arrival.
I have to record the marriage, during 1844, of two of his daughters, the elder, already a widow, Mrs. McKinney, to my pleasant friend Fennell, as I have previously mentioned, and, happily, resulting in a family of descendants to the Port Phillip founder, and the younger to one of the two squatter brothers Collyer.
The bunks were cleaned up, the blankets put out of the way, and the centre of the room given over to a table, small and home-made, but very full of good cheer for that time and place. At the fireplace, McKinney, flushed and red, was broiling some really good loin steaks. McKinney also allowed his imagination to soar to the height of biscuits.
But Curly stepped up and laid an awkward hand on the head of each of the twins. "Fellers," said he, "I ain't got a whole lot of experience in this here twin game, but this goes. These here twins is mine. This is some sudden, but I expect it'll tickle the little woman about half to death. I reckon I can get enough for 'em all to eat, somehow." McKinney looked at him with anger in his gaze.
Six miles out from the Tavern, the first stop is made at Homewood, one of the newer resorts. Three and one-half to four miles further along is McKinney's, one of the oldest, best known and well established resorts on Lake Tahoe. It was founded by J.W. McKinney, who was first attracted to this region by the Squaw Valley excitement.
"And a corporation," said Curly, meditatively, "can be a shore cheerful performer." How the Men of Heart's Desire surrendered to the Softening Seductions of Croquet and other Pastimes "Go on, Curly, it's your next shot. Hurry up," said McKinney, who was nervous. "Now you just hold on, Mac," replied the former.
McKinney, and Tom Osby, and Dan Anderson, the other lawyer, and me, we're going to have Christmas dinner at Andersen's 'dobe in town to-morrer. You're in. You mayn't like it. Don't you mind. The directions says to take it, and you take it. It's goin' to be one of the largest events ever knowed in this here settlement.
In fact, he was angry at our appeal, and his Adjutant, General McKinney, came to see us afterwards and urged us not to press the matter; if we did, he said, we might go to the rear with Sheridan.
"Yes, and put enough money into this handle to buy a whole new croquet set for the family. Ain't that awful! All this comes of takin' a daily newspaper once a month and readin' the advertisin' columns. We're going to be plumb effete, if we ain't mighty careful, down in here." "That's so," said McKinney, scratching his head.
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