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"Are you very anxious?" I asked. "Oh, no not particklerly so." "I am glad of that," I responded, "as I don't intend telling you." With all his swagger I could see that his crest fell a little at the general burst of laughter that my somewhat bizarre remark had called forth.
Things went along like this, until one day the boys noticed particklerly the boys that had slipped up on their luck that old man Sobriente was gettin' rich, had stocked a ranch over on the Divide, and had given some gold candlesticks to the mission church. That would have been only human nature and business, ef he'd had any during them flush times; but he hadn't. This kinder puzzled them.
"I reckoned you'd be right lonely down there with that Stanner crowd, particklerly after that little speech o' your'n, so I sez to Maw I'd get you up yer for a spell. Maw and I heerd you exhort 'em! Maw allowed you woz talkin' a furrin' tongue all along, but I sakes alive! I hed to hump myself to keep from bustin' into a yell when yer jist drawed them Webster-unabridged sentences on 'em."
"`Oh! niver a bit, says I, quite bold like; `I don't care a rap for nothin'. There ain't no ghosts, is there? "`Well, I'm not sure; many travellers wot has stayed here has said to me they've seed 'em, particklerly in the old part o' the buildin', but they seems to be quite harmless, and never hurts any one as lets 'em alone.
'I'm wery sorry, said Sam, 'but I can't go to bed. 'Not go to bed! repeated Mr. Winkle. 'No, said Sam, shaking his head. 'Can't be done. 'You don't mean to say you're going back to-night, Sam? urged Mr. Winkle, greatly surprised. 'Not unless you particklerly wish it, replied Sam; 'but I mustn't leave this here room. The governor's orders wos peremptory. 'Nonsense, Sam, said Mr.
"Well," returned Zephas, "I first thought, you see, that it had suthin' to do with that Marion business, particklerly ez folks allowed he was hidin' somewhere yet, and they wanted me to run him off. So I thought Rider might as well know that I wasn't to be bribed, so I ups and tells him how I'd been lyin' off Saucelito the other day workin' for the other side agin him.
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