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In her mittened hands the stranger carried a package. Sight of it caused the matron to stare. Her wonder grew as the woman handed it to her. "If you please, ma'am," blurted forth the stranger, red with embarrassment, "I hope you won't feel hard towards me. I know I oughtta come to you before. My husband found this here package in a rubbish can. He works for the town, collectin' rubbish.
"I just love it," said Nellie enthusiastically. "I wanted to cut mine, an' so did Jane, but Ma wouldn't let us. She says God gave us our hair, an' we oughtta take care of it." "That's true, too," said Betty. "I never thought about that. But I guess mine will grow again after a while. I think it will be less trouble this way. But it's very dirty with traveling.
He was great! You oughtta seen him!" "Tell me about it," said Mark huskily. "He just ran up that there ladder when it was shaking like a leaf, an' the wall beginning to buckle under it, an' he picked you up. Fer a minute there the flames kinda blew back, and we seen ya both, and then the roof caved, an' you all went down.
Would Mark take care of himself, just himself, or not? Mark was always looking after other people, but he had somehow always let people say and do what they would with him. Aw gee! Now Mark wouldn't let them locate a thing like a murder on him, would he? And there was Miss Lynn! And Mark's mother! Mark oughtta think of them. Well, maybe he wouldn't realize how much they did care.
He took her to a show every night—jes swell; and she had given him a swell funeral—you bet she did. The coffin had cost eighty-five dollars—white with real silver handles; and the floral piece she bought—“Gee! What's your name?... Connie, you oughtta seen that floral piece!” and Mame laid off work altogether to use her hands the better.
I gotta keep well, Jimmie, and I I oughtta go home." "Pah!" he said, spluttering out the end of a bitten cigar. "If I'd 'a' known you was a puny Doll like that!" "I ain't, Jimmie; I " "If I'd 'a' known you was that puny! It's like I been sayin', Doll, it ain't like you and me don't understand each other. "Sure we do, Jimmie. Honest, I To-morrow night I I can fix it so that that the sky's my limit.
We've got cold pressed chicken, and I stirred up some waffles. I thought you'd like something hot." Billy stared, but the reaction was too much. In order to keep the sudden tears back he roared out crossly: "Well, I ain't hungry. You hadn't oughtta have waited. Pressed chicken, did ya say? Aw Gee! Just when I ain't hungry! Ef that ain't luck! An' waffles! You oughtta known better!
"Yes, it's Christmas Eve, Jimmie, and he he had one of his bad hemorrhages last night, and the kid, she she's too little to know she's getting cheated out of her Christmas, but, gee a a kid oughtta have something a tree or something." He leaned closer, hemmed in by the crowd. "It's you oughtta have something, Doll." "I I never oughtta gone with you last Tuesday night, Jimmie.
"That's twice I heard both them interestin' facts. Who is this goil you was comin' through a window to see in the middle o' the night. And what's that gat for if it ain't to croak some other guy? You oughtta be ashamed of yourself for not pullin' a better wheeze than that on me." Clay blushed.
"Well, get yore trail built. Bob oughtta be out soon. I'll put him over between Cattle and San Jacinto. Three-four men can hold her here now. I'll move my outfit over to the mouth of Cattle." The cattleman spoke crisply and decisively.
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