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"I guess you been purty glad for havin' Necia home again, eh?" ventured the other after a while, unable to avoid any longer the subject uppermost in his mind. "Yes, I'm glad she's through with her schooling." "She's gettin' purty beeg gal now." "That's right." "By-an'-by she's goin' marry on some feller w'at?" "I suppose so. She ain't the kind to stay single." "Ha! Dat's right, too.
"Ah, Toot's gal; mortgaged property, I reckon, or soon will be; she's as purty as red shoes, though, an' as peert as a cricket." Westerfelt sat down on the side of his bed and drew off his boots. "What sort of a man is he, Luke?" "Bad bad; no wuss in seven States." "Fighting man?"
"You're a purty set o' fools, ain't you? I want you all to stop this damned foolishness. Now when I give the word I want you, Jim Falin and Rufe Tolliver thar, to drap yer guns." Already Rufe was grinning like a devil over the absurdity of the situation. "Now!" said the judge, and the two guns were dropped. "Put 'em in yo' pockets." They did. "Drap!"
If we take seven from fourteen, how many will be left?" Seven times Dick pawed the ground. "There you are, Mr. Bearover," nodded Merriwell. "Are you satisfied that even horses have brains?" "I'm satisfied that you've trained that critter to do a few tricks," was the answer. "You must think I'm purty dull witted. Why, you begun with an example that made the horse paw the ground four times.
"Huh!" snorted Hopalong, trying some new prunes. "'Ese prunes er purty good," he mumbled, in grave congratulation. "I don' get prunes like 'ese very of'n." "I reckon you don't! They ought to be good! Cost me thirty cents a half-pound," Dave retorted with asperity, anxiously shifting his feet. It didn't take much of a loss to wipe out a day's profits with him.
"Don't linger, Larry," shouted Tom Collins. "Ah! thin, it's cruel to tear me away. Good-night to ye, Bow-wow, we'll be back before mornin', ye purty creature." With this affectionate farewell, Larry ran after his friends and followed them down the banks of the tumbling stream towards the `R'yal Bank o' Calyforny, which was destined that night, for a time at least, to close its doors.
Maby white man no give us anything to eat. 'Spose no eat purty soon all die." I assured her that they would have plenty to eat as long as they behaved themselves and gave the soldiers no trouble. They all seemed to be perfectly willing to surrender and go back to headquarters, so we started back via Tule Lake.
It was entirely unfurnished, except for a mattress lying on the floor, and Stamps was stretched upon it, coughing and feverish. "Come in," he said. "I knowed ye'd be here purty soon. Thar ain't no chair to ax ye to set down in." "I do not want to sit," said Latimer. "You are ill. You caught cold last night." "I s'pose I did, durn it," answered Stamps.
"Rody," said he, "isn't this a purty business? My father wantin' to send me down to Owen Reillaghan's; when, by the vartue o' my oath, I'd as soon go half way into hell, as to any place where his son, Mike Reillaghan, 'ud be. How will I manage, Rody?" "Why," replied Rody, "as to meetin' wid Mike, take my advice and avoid him. And what is more I'd give up Peggy Gartland for good.
Then thar was Shiloh, an' I kinder had a thought that if three of 'em jumped on me at one time I'd hev my hands purty full to lick 'em. Then come Corinth, an, reasonin' with myself, I said I wouldn't take on more'n two Yanks at the same time.
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