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She could see exactly what would happen: no man could disembark against the will of an armed marksman, and if Poleon slackened his stroke, or stopped it to exchange his paddle for a weapon, the current would carry him past; in addition, he would have to fire from a rocking paper shell harried by a boiling current, whereas the other man stood flat upon his feet.
"You got how many?" 'Poleon persisted. "Oh, 'bout enough! Mebbe a dozen or two." "I buy 'em. Dere's poor seeck lady " Tom cut in brusquely. "You won't buy anything here. Don't tell us your troubles. We've got enough of our own, and poverty ain't among the number." "W'at trouble you got, eh? Me, I'm de trouble man. Mebbe I fix 'em." Sourly the partners explained their difficulty.
The confidence-men stared at each other silently; then they stared at Doret. "What we goin' to do about it?" the Kid inquired, finally. 'Poleon was at a loss for an answer; he made no secret of his anxiety. "De doctor say she mus' stay right here " "He say if she get cold once more pouf! She die lak dat! Plenty fire, plenty blanket, medicine every hour, dat's all.
'Gone to look for another man, I said, with a gay look, for I saw that he was troubled. 'Come, said he at once. As we went, he saw my dogs. He stopped short and shook a little, and tears came into his eyes. 'What is it, Babiche? said I. He looked back towards the south. 'My dogs Brandy-wine, Come-along, 'Poleon, and the rest died one night all of an hour.
It mak' me sing inside; it mak' me warm an' glad. I w'isper in her ear, 'Ma soeur! Ma petite soeur! It's your beeg broder 'Poleon dat spik. He's goin' mak' you well, an' every tam she onderstan'. But now " A sob choked the speaker; he opened his tight-shut eyes and stared miserably at the two old men. "I call to her an' she don' hear. Wat I'm goin' do, eh?" Neither Linton nor Quirk made reply.
"There ain't nothing so cruel in the world as a gentle woman," said he; "but she wouldn't hurt you for all the world, Poleon; only the blaze of this other thing has blinded her. She can't see nothing for the light of this new love of hers." "I know! Dat's w'y nobody onderstan's but you an' me "
"Oh, Poleon! Poleon! He was a dreadful man." "He don' trouble you no more." "He tried he Ugh! I I'm glad you did it!" She broke down, trembling at her escape, until her selfishness smote her, and she was up and beside him on the instant. "Are you hurt? Oh, I never thought of that. You must be wounded!" The Frenchman felt himself over, and looked down at his limbs for the first time, "No!
Rouletta's instant success, the fact that she had fallen among friends, delighted a woodsman like 'Poleon, and, now that he was his own master again, he straightway surrendered himself to the selfish enjoyment of his surroundings. His nature and his training prescribed the limits of those pleasures; they were quite as simple as his everyday habits of life; he danced, he gambled, and he drank.
He shot a quick glance at Poleon Doret, but the Frenchman's face was like wood, and his hand still held the neck of the whiskey bottle he had set out for the stranger before the others entered. Gale leaned against the opposite counter, his countenance inert but for the eyes, which were fixed upon the Lieutenant.
"Well, those hills look as if they had gold in them," said the stranger, pointing vaguely. "I'm going to prospect." Gale knew instinctively that the fellow was lying, for his hands were not those of a miner; but there was nothing to be said. His judgment was verified, however, when Poleon drew him aside later and said: "You know dat feller?" "No." "He's bad man." "How do you know?"
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