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"If this ain't just like Billy, all time got to perpose to clam' a ladder and all time got to let the ladder get loose from him," growled Jimmy. "We done cooked a goose egg, this time. You got us up here, Billy, how you going to get us down?" "I didn't, neither." "Well, it's Miss Minerva's house and she's your aunt and we's your company and you got to be 'sponsible."
Their wooden bowls and troughs are of different forms and sizes, and most generally dug out of a solid piece; they are ither round or simi globular, in the form of a canoe, cubic, and cubic at top terminating in a globe at bottom; these are extreemly well executed and many of them neatly carved the larger vessels with hand-holes to them; in these vessels they boil their fish or flesh by means of hot stones which they immerce in the water with the article to be boiled. they also render the oil of fish or other anamals in the same manner. their baskets are formed of cedar bark and beargrass so closely interwoven with the fingers that they are watertight without the aid of gum or rosin; some of these are highly ornamented with strans of beargrass which they dye of several colours and interweave in a great variety of figures; this serves them the double perpose of holding their water or wearing on their heads; and are of different capacites from that of the smallest cup to five or six gallons; they are generally of a conic form or reather the segment of a cone of which the smaller end forms the base or bottom of the basket. these they make very expediciously and dispose off for a mear trifle. it is for the construction of these baskets that the beargrass becomes an article of traffic among the natives this grass grows only on their high mountains near the snowey region; the blade is about 3/8 of an inch wide and 2 feet long smoth pliant and strong; the young blades which are white from not being exposed to the sun or air, are those most commonly employed, particularly in their neatest work.
"But it's dishonest for ye to never even perpose ter make good what ye lost. If you'd lost a sack of grain for a neighbor ye'd made it up to him; wouldn't ye?" "What's thet gotter do with a lot of foolish fal-lals an' rigamagigs belonging to a gal that I've taken in " "To help us. And she does help us," declared the old woman, quickly. "She more'n airns her keep, Jabez. Ye know she does."
If I could git some one to go with me, I'd tackle the job, but I vum if every time I perpose it to anyone they don't make some excuse." "I'm on," I declared. "I don't dread ghosts near as much as I do some living folks I know." "Right you air," chuckled the old man. "If you say so we'll go right off now jest as sure as shootin'. We may be ghosts ourselves tomorrow."
"I perpose," suggested Flamingus patronizingly, "that we start a cow fund and all chip in and help Gus out." "Sure thing!" declared the generous Amarilly. "He can have all my savings. We ought to all help Gus get a start." "I'm in," cried Bobby. "You kin hev all you want from me, Gus," offered Bud. Firmly and disdainfully Gus rejected all these offers and suggestions.
"I joined this yer delegation at the crossroads instead o' my brother, who had the call. I reckon et's all the same or mebbe better. For I perpose to take this yer gentleman off your hands." He lifted his slumbrous eyes for the first time to the master, and at the same time put himself between him and Harrison.
And there's no need o' trapsin' beyon' the township lines, to fix this yer affair; I perpose to do it in ten minutes in the brush yonder."
"If that ain't just like you, Billy," said Jimmy, "you all time got to perpose to make nigger heads yeller and you all time getting little boys in trouble. You 'bout the smart Alexist jack-rabbit they is." "You perposed this here hair business yo'self, Jimmy," retorted his fellow-conspirator. "You's always blamin' yo' meanness on somebody else ever sence you's born."
"Now look what a mess Billy's done got us in; he all time got to perpose someping to get chillens in trouble and he all time got to let grown folks ketch em." "Aren't you ashamed to tell such a story, Jimmy Garner?" cried Frances. "Billy didn't propose any such thing. Come on, let's run," she suggested. "'Tain't no use to run," advised Jimmy. "They're too close and done already see us.
'Tain't playin' the game, and I ain't a-goin' to 'ave it. "'Then what do you propose to do? I asked with some curiosity. "'I perpose, the little wastrel replied haughtily, 'for to 'ave the loar on yer. I'm a-goin' to put the coppers on to this 'ere job. "With this he turned somewhat hastily and shambled away up the street at the quick shuffle characteristic of his class.
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