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And agin silence rained; and I sot quietly in the rain, thinkin' mebby good would come of it. Finally he riz out of his revery; and says he, with a brighter look on his linement, "I am not the one to go to. I am not the one to do Dorlesky's errent." "Who is the one?" says I. "Senator Logan," says he.
If I had only been good enough, I could have seen her. For she was here, aunt Samantha, right in this room." Her eyes wus so big and solemn and earnest, that I knew she meant what she said. But I soothed her down as well as I could, and I says, "Mebby you had dropped to sleep, Cicely: mebby you dremp it." "Yes," says Josiah, who had come in, and heard my last words. "Yes, Cicely, you dremp it."
No, the rasfodist would have to set down and hold up his hands before him, as I have done sometimes before a big pile of work, when I have seen a wagon load of visitors a-stoppin' at the gate to stay all day. I have just clasped my hands and sez, "Oh dear me!" Or in aggravated cases I would say, mebby, "Oh dear me suz!" And that wuz about all I could say here.
Mebby it's the third mornin' along of sun-up when they strings out on the trail, an' we-alls thinks no more of 'em. It's gettin' about third-drink time when back rides a gent, sorter fretful like, an' allows he's done shy a boy. "'When do you-all see this yere infant last? says Mace. "'Why, says the gent, 'I shorely has him yesterday, 'cause my old woman done rounds 'em up an' counts.
Dirk pulled his droopy mustache away from his lips as if he wanted to make sure that his smile would show; though it was not a pretty smile, on account of his tobacco-stained teeth. "'S your fun'ral, Bart. I'd say he's from Jackson's Hole, on a rough guess but I wouldn't presume to guess what he's here fur. Mebby he come across from Black Rim. I can find out, if you say so."
Billy Louise was talking aimlessly to keep her thoughts away from the pitifulness of the sordid little tragedy in this beauty-spot and to drive that blank, apathetic look from Marthy's hard eyes. "Charlie Fox, his name is. I hope he turns out a good worker. I've never had a chance to git ahead any; but if Charlie'll jest take holt, I'll mebby git some comfort outa life yit."
Chances are that when the cattle stampede a band or two of sheep, he'll turn his men on us. That's your time to ride down and take possession of the ranch. Most likely you won't have to draw a gun." Shoop reined close to Corliss and held out his hand. "Mebby not, Jack. But if we do so-long." Then the genial Bud loped to the outriders, picking them up one by one.
Bill laughed a little. "Me, I don't aim to do no figgerin' about Skyrider. He's got his flyin' machine workin', though, accordin' to Mary V. I guess Skyrider has mebby flew the country. He'd likely think it was about time way he gummed things up around here." Sudden permitted himself a snort, probably in agreement with Bill's statement that things were "gummed up" at Sinkhole.
The oath, rolling roundly over her full red lips, was as unconscious as the long breath that lifted her breast at the memory of that outrage. "We replaced her with a well an' it's a corker. Mebby better than th' old Crystal, though she was a lovely thing. As clear as as ice that's frozen hard without a ripple of white. You know that kind?" "Yes," said Kenset gravely.
I used to tell him they didn't git them up fast enough to keep up with him. He's got a wonderful mind, Doc has. "I hain't no notion how ever Doc got started believin' things, but mebby he got in with a bad lot at the doctor school he went to. Doc told me hisself they cut up dead folks. Anyhow, he come back from Chicago a regular atheist; but that was before I knowed him.
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