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"'You ben spendin' your time there, have ye? she says, settin' up in her chair an' pointin' with her finger at the box. 'That's where you ben the last half hour, hangin' 'round with them minxes in Mis' Shoolbred's. What's in that box? she says, with her face a-blazin'. "'Now, Lizy, I says, 'I wa'n't there ten minutes if I was that, an' I ben buyin' you a bunnit.
"'On the nose fur that one, I says, pointin' to the bird's name. "'Quit your kiddin', he says. 'What 'ud you do with all that money? This fur yours. 'N' he rubs to twelve-to-one. "'Ain't you the liberal gink? I says, as he hands me the ticket. "'I starts fur the next book, but say! the odds is just meltin' away.
Say! Well, I can't tell you, but talk about Shimmie! Say, she's like a dead one come to life." "Yes," I agreed, "yes. But what about the man?" "Well, that man, now. The record's comin' to the end and I go back in to start it over. And, here's this hobo, come in behind me. "'What's that? says he, pointin' to the record I got in my hand. "Then he grabs it and looks it over.
I'll give you three cents for that one, pointin' to the biggest in the lot. 'I can't do that, said the boy; 'the price is five cents. 'I'd like a banana, says she, 'but I don't pay more'n three cents; take it or leave it, and with that the boy went on.
"An' then he wanted to know why I asked, an' I told him all about it; an' he asked me all sorts of questions, an' finally he says to me, "'I think, ef you pay me ten dollars, that I'd agree to git your son for you. An' says he, pointin' to a house over the way, 'You go 'long an' tell your story to the folks in that house, an' I guess they'll give you the money.
I s'pose the long 'n' short of it would be 't I'd have to come over every mornin' 'n' hook it on to you, 'f it was left to Jathrop he'd probably have you half o' the time with your toes pointin' back 'n' your heel in front. C'n you feel it now?" "Yes; I " "Then it's still there, but, Lord! how that cow does kick 'n' pull 'n' moo! Why don't Jathrop do suthin' to her? She'd ought to be tended to.
"Ike sees the blood 'n' walks behind Hamilton. "'I wish it was his neck, he says, pointin' at the tendon. 'That's what you get fur puttin' a pin-headed apprentice on a good hoss! Get him so he can hobble, 'n' sell him to a livery if you can. If not, have him shot. "Hamilton's standin' there a-shakin'. His eyes has the look you always sees in a hoss just after he's ruined.
'It is rather dusty, and I think the wheels ought to be washed. Can that man be trusted to wash 'em? she asks, pointin' kind of scornful at Simeon. "'Yes, marm, I cal'late so, I says. 'Here, Sim! I sung out, callin' Butler over to the steps. 'Can you wash the dust off them wheels? "He said course he could, but he didn't act joyful over the job. The woman seemed some doubtful.
Next morning Casey tried again to start the Ford; couldn't; and yielded to Barney's argument that burros were better than a car for prospectin' in that rough country. They overhauled Casey's outfit, took all the grub and as much else as the burros could carry and debated seriously what point in the Panamints they should aim for. "Where's that there Joshuay tree pointin' to?" Casey asked finally.
"You know my sentiments about her. They don't come no ace-higher." She colored, even quivered, standing there beside the bronze Nydia. "I tell her we're out for big business to-night, Joe." "Sky's the limit. Picked up a pin pointin' toward me and sat with my back to a red-headed woman. Can't lose." "Well, good-night, Babe. Take care o' yourself." "Good night, Blutch. You'll play 'em close, honey?"
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