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Tell 'em the stage is sure carryin' sixty thousand dollars' worth o' good red gold." Then his manner suddenly changed and he laughed. "Say, I'm jest goin' out to get a peek at my claim. I sure guess I bought a dandy rich claim o' Zip." "You orter know," said Minky, with a shake of the head. "I sure don't seem to understand " "Course you don't," cried Bill, with strange good-nature.
Jan could not clear his face of that Eric-of-Falla expression, and stood there without saying a word. Then the midwife took a step forward. The hut was so tiny that that one stride put her square in front of him, so that she could place the child in his arms. "Now Jan shall have a peek at the li'l' lassie She's what I'd call a real baby!" said the midwife.
"O, I must know about it. Don't stop. Tad, you can't possibly know what all this means to me." Tad rose and snapped the new lock in place on the door, while Old Ben cursed under his breath. "Of all the tarnal idiots," he was saying; "I never seed a man so sot in his ways. Tad, ain't ye even goin' to peek inside?" "No, Ben, not to-day.
'Suspicious sarcumstances about that 'ere valise, sir. Telegraph come this morning that a burglar started on the 8.45 Philadelphia train, with a lot of stolen spoons, in a black valise. Spoons marked T.B. Watched at the Ferry. Saw the black valise. Followed it up here. Took a peek inside. Sure enough, there was the spoons. Marked T.B., too. Said it was yours. Shall have to take you in charge.
You won't find a thing a little girl can hurt. Here, you come here where I be, and look across the entry. See that big lamp on the table? Well, if you unhook them danglin' things and peek through 'em, you'll find the brightest colors! My, how pretty they be! I've been lookin' through 'em this mornin'. I used to creep in and do it when I was little," she continued, in an aside to Mrs. Wilson.
She saw the place where he had scrambled out of the arroyo, and, oh, good luck, a clump of mesquite growing out of the crumbling wall further down. She fastened the bridle reins to the mesquite and left the horses contentedly chewing at it. Very cautiously she crept up the incline and took a peek at the situation. She was just in time to see Scott disappear into the cabin where Adams lay wounded.
His intention was to go on deck, to try and thank the French fishermen, as far as he was able, for saving his life, but before he did so curiosity prompted him to look again into the berth. What was his surprise and joy to recognise the features of his shipmate, Jack Peek! His face was very pale, but he was breathing, which showed that he was alive.
Bo was remembering tales of lost people who never were found. "Me an' Milt get lost every day," said Roy. "You don't suppose any man can know all this big country. It's nothin' for us to be lost." "Oh!... I was lost when I was little," said Bo. "Wal, I reckon it'd been better not to tell you so offhand like," replied Roy, contritely. "Don't feel bad, now. All I need is a peek at Old Baldy.
He recalls how, through all the changes of that early and unsettled life, the naturalist-love born in him when he roamed the tropical home of his youth was always strongest in his nature, and was constantly cropping out in his mania for collecting beautiful things that were quite worthless from a commercial point of view, just as it was shown in his personal appearance; for his manner of dressing, always with his hair falling over his shoulders, marked him as a man regardless of conventionality, a man so bound within the circle of his own thoughts that he had little time or inclination to peek out and see which way the world was moving.
I gets a peek in, 'cause the door's cracked. It was French Pete an' Marny Day. I listens. An' after about two seconds I was goin' shaky for fear some one would come along an' I wouldn't get the whole of it. Take it from me, Shluk, it was some goods!" Shluker grunted noncommittingly. "Well, go on!" he prompted. "I didn't get all the fine points," grinned Pinkie; "but I got enough.
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