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"What's the matter, old fellow?" I asked. Until he spoke I could have boxed his ears with great satisfaction to myself; but there is so much genuine feeling in whatever Budge says that he commands respect. "Oh, I'm tired of playin' with Toddie, an' I feel lonesome. Won't you tell me a story?" "Then what'll poor Toddie do, Budge?"
"Oh, I hope it was not as bad as that," was the laughing response, for the singer had heard all about the adventure with the bear. "Not hardly as bad, Miss. But the scouts are all upset. When not playin' baseball, they are talkin' about what happened at the Review, till I'm almost discouraged." "It's only natural, captain. They'll get over their excitement in time.
Ef I could giggle an' sigh both at once-t, seem like I'd be relieved. Somehow I feel sort o' tight 'roun' the heart an' wide awake an' How that clock does travel an' how they all keep time, he an' she an' it an' me an' the fire roa'in' up the chimbley, playin' a tune all around us like a' organ, an' he an' she an' he an' it an' he an' Blest ef I don't hear singing an' how white the moonlight is!
"Just a minute," says I, lookin' her full in the eyes. "I'm playin' you to give Allston a square deal, you know." "You can bank on that," says she. "Connie Murtha's word was always as good as government bonds. And if you can wish back that twenty thousand, I'll put a quick crimp in this prosecution." "What could be fairer than that?" says I. "I'll be back in an hour."
Does a dowg pay for a sheep's heid when he gangs oot o' the butcher's shop wi' yin atween his teeth, an' a twa-pund wecht playin' dirl on his hench-bane? Pay for't! Weel, I wat no! Didna yer honour tell me that ye had nae sillar, an' sae gaed it in hand to Jock?" Ralph started up. This might be a very serious matter. He pulled out Winsome's purse again.
She could 'a' gone prancin' round that there ring forever 'n' forever, with the whoopin' 'n' hollerin' 'n' whizzin' 'n' whirlin' soundin' in her ears, 'n' the music playin' like mad, 'n' she with nothin' to do but stick on 'n' let some feller foot the bills. Somebody must 'a' ben thinkin' o' Fiddy Maddox when the invented them whirl-a-go-rounds.
Is it the Desert playin' me tricks, Wayland; or do A see something? Look, . . . where that bit of brush grows against the lava rock there." Wayland's glance ran along the trail; and for an instant, the writhing sun glare played the same trick with his own vision. Something a dirty white quivered above the black lava table like the loose canvas top of a tented wagon.
An' you might 'play it' as you call it till doomsday, an' 't wouldn't do no good though I'm free ter confess that your playin' of them 'ere other things sounds real pert an' chirky at times; but 't won't do no good here." David stepped forward, bringing his small, anxious face full into the moonlight. "But 't was the money, Perry; I meant about, the money," he explained.
There was something gruesome, uncanny, about the way her fingers went their own way over the defenceless keys. Her conversation with the frowzy little girl went on. "Wha'd he say?" "Oh, he laffed." "Well, didja go?" "Me! Well, whutya think I yam, anyway?" "I woulda took a chanst." The fat man rebelled. "Look here! Get busy! What are you paid for? Talkin' or playin'? Huh?"
"Got another hunch?" and Brevoort laughed. "Nope. I'm jest figurin' this cold. A good gambler don't drink when be's playin'. And we're sure gamblin' big." "Reckon you're right, pardner. Well, we ain't far from our blankets. Come on." The proprietor of the rooming-house was surprised to see them return so soon and so unauspiciously. He counted out Brevoort's money and gave it back to him.
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