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Updated: June 13, 2025
Either they were insulted or fully realized the exigency of the situation, for each one came up and gratefully lapped every drop of his portion. "Shore, now comes the hell of it," said Jim appearing with a long pole. "Packin' the critter out." An argument arose in regard to the best way up the slope, and by virtue of a majority we decided to try the direction Jim and I thought best.
"'Which is why I remarks, that I stacks up this pedestrian careful an' accurate before I goes after him. "'As I says, he carries on like he's hurt; an' he's packin' a six- shooter. He seems familiar, too; an' while I looks him over I'm wonderin' where I cuts his trail before. "'As I has the advantage of a Winchester, I at last rides into the open an' gives a whoopee.
The principle of exchange which had been the basis of the deal as far as the farms were concerned was made to apply as far as possible to farm implements and equipment, household goods and chattels. "What's the use of your packin' a hull bunch of stuff West an' my packin' a hull bunch of stuff East. We'll just tote up the stock an' stuff we have got and make a deal on it.
Strangely his good humor departed in spite of the fact that he had won considerable. Duane, watching the disgruntled outlaw, marveled at him and wondered what was in his mind. These men were more variable than children, as unstable as water, as dangerous as dynamite. "Bill, I'll bet you ten you can't spill whatever's in the bucket thet peon's packin'," said the outlaw called Jim.
I'm tellin' you mine, which is that Jim Waring goes to Stacey just the first minute he can put his foot in a buck-board. And he's goin' peaceful. I got a gun on me that says so." "The law is the law. I can run you in for packin' concealed weapons, Mr. Shoop." "Run me in!" chuckled Shoop. "Nope. You'd spile the door. But let me tell you.
"Oh, when you've done it once it'll be all easy and clear," said Droop, soothingly. Phoebe looked hopefully into his face. "Will you take us, Mr. Droop?" she asked. "Oh, I s'pose I'll hev to." "An' only unwind six years?" "Yes jest six years." She jumped up excitedly. "Then I'll be off to my packin'!" She ran to the door and, pausing here, turned again to their visitor.
It's doo mainly, however, because the pinto sticks a cactus thorn in its hoof an' goes lame in less time tharafter than it takes to turn a jack. "'Hands up, says Texas, gettin' the drop as we swings up on the deef an' dumb foogitive. "But thar's no need of sech preecautions, as the dumb party ain't packin' no weepons not so much as a knife.
Well, it's up to Gene. And they're goin' to back him. I reckon, Miss Hammond, there'd be dead Greasers round that camp long ago if Nels and Monty were foot-loose. They're beholdin' to Gene. That's plain. And, Lord! how it tickles me to watch them! Both packin' two forty-fives, butts swingin' clear. There's twenty-four shots in them four guns. And there's twenty-three guerrillas.
"'That'll suit me, he says, 'an' we'll leave by the noon train. I'll go an' see about the trunk bein' sent down. "So off he went to see the man who kept the house, while I falls to packin' up the trunk as fast as I could."
I've heard mother say that grandmother cried for a week when she found she had to go, and every now and then she'd sob out, 'I wouldn't mind it so much if I could take my gyarden. When they began packin' up their things, grandmother took up this rose and put it in an iron kittle and laid plenty of good rich earth around the roots.
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