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"Why, Neb, what are you doing?" she said, recoiling. "Pahdon, pahdon, please, Miss 'Lethe," said the negro. "I was thinkin' of de sweet bimeby an' waitin' fo' to tell de news to you fust dat Ike got drunk an' Marse Frank war gwine hab to scratch de mare " "Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Then Frank why, he'll lose everything!" "Hol' on, Miss 'Lethe; dat de fust half, only.
"All night, you say, seh? Then we miss ouh Denver connections?" "You can bet to win on that," was the curt reply. "Damn!" said the ruddy-faced gentleman; and then in a lower tone: "I beg your pahdon, my deah Virginia; I was totally unaware of your presence." Winton threw off his overcoat.
Chagrin and disgust were written over his face. If ever a man was crestfallen, the captain was. He hated to be made a fool of, and this quiet man from Texas had certainly accomplished it. He was about to slink off when Kid Wolf drawled after him: "Oh, captain! Pahdon, but haven't yo' forgotten somethin'?" "What do you mean?" snapped the other.
"It's my opinion," concluded she, "that it's the fools, beggin' youah pahdon, whut's goin' out theah to grow up with the country, and the wise peepul whut's stayin' at home and advisin' of 'em to go." Celia shuddered. "I'm ha'f afraid to go," she said. "They say the wind blows all the time out theah. They say it nevah quits blowin'."
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