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Clicking up the receiver he went out on the street again, giving no heed to the many glances which followed him. They knew who he was; they were speculating on him. "Ol' man Packard's gran'son," he heard one man say. In the thick darkness lying under the poplar tree it was several minutes before he was certain that his horse was gone.
'I s'pose you left without payin' your washin' bill either, didn't you, sower-krowt, demanded Private Robinson. There was no reply from the opposition. 'I expeck you ler' a lot o' little unpaid bills, didn't you? if you was able to find anyone to give you tick. 'I'll pay them when we take London, said the voice. 'That don't give your pore ol' landlady much 'ope, said Robinson. 'Take Lunnon!
I trusted you from the ground up, but I can see a heap o' things now 'at I wouldn't see before. I had a letter written from Bill Andrews tellin' me 'at he had heard you brag 'at you intended to get holt o' my money, an' that it would pay me to search you instead o' suspectin' him " "Where was the letter from?" asked Dick. "Laramie," sez the ol' man.
"Mist' Bill an' Gus, de dam's done busted a'ready an' de water's jes' a-pourin' through t' beat ol' Noah's flood! Whut you 'low was de because o' dis givin' way?" "By cracky, Bill!" was Gus' comment as they stood looking at the break which seemed to involve a yard square of the base and cracks, as though from a shock. "You know and I know that the water didn't push this out.
With a sigh of heartfelt relief, Rex put his arm in the big fellow's at the foot of the steps. Freedom must now be at hand, for Billy's home was in a great apartment building not ten minutes' walk away. The culprit himself seemed to realize that his fling was over. "Raished Cain t'night, didn' we, ol' pal?" he inquired, and squeezed Rex's guiding arm with affection.
They have enough to do as it is poor fellows they hardly get a night's rest. Miss Betsey's home has already given 'em a lot o' trouble." His humor had relieved its pressure in the deep, good-natured chuckle of the Yankee, as he strode up an' down the floor with both hands in his trousers pockets. "Look at that ol' duffer," he went on, as he pointed at the stern features of grandpa Smead.
She must 'a' come in the night, jest as she went nobody see her go an' nobody see her come, an' that's a fact. Wal, one day las' fall after the leaves was off an' they could see a corner o' my house through the bushes, Tom was walkin' the ol' man 'round the room.
An' I thought Why, ma'am," he went on, apologetically, "I didn't know you was there! . . . But you ain't goin' to run off no calf while I'm lookin' at you. Shucks! Won't the Ol' Man be some surprised to know that Tucson an' " He shuddered spasmodically and sat erect with a great effort. "You've got me, damn you!" he sneered. "But you won't never get anyone "
You can do it quickly and well, after years of experience, but, at the beginning, you must never let a sentence pass until you are sure that you cannot phrase it better." Moreover, as it turned out, the Ol' Doc was to be Stuart's guide in more senses than one, for when the boy casually mentioned Guy Cecil's name, the botanist twisted his head sidewise sharply. "Eh, what? Who's that?" he asked.
"Ah'm so as to be up and about, thank yo'," replied Ol' Mistah Buzzard, spreading his wings out so that air could blow under them. "My!" exclaimed old Granny Fox, "what splendid great wings you have, Mistah Buzzard! It must be grand to be able to fly. I suppose you can see a great deal from way up there in the blue, blue sky, Mistah Buzzard." Ol' Mistah Buzzard felt flattered.
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