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His little, eager, questionin' soul was too fur gone towards that land where the hard questions we can't answer here, will be made plain to us.
"Why shouldn't they tell?" asked the first man in a low voice, but he forgot how well even low tones carry over the water. "They are strangers here I am certain. They can't know 'The Loon, and so we're perfectly safe in questionin' 'em." "Yes, but they won't answer. Git over closer and maybe we can make 'em!" "Oh!" gasped Grace, startled.
Sweet little forget-me-not eyes, like two spring violets frozen in a drift of snow. What strange things I read in 'em, with my tears a-fallin' fast onto 'em! They seemed full of mute questionin'. They seemed to be lookin' up through the blue sky clear up to God's throne. They seemed to almost compel a answer from divine justice as to what wuz the cause of her murder.
But he looked up into my face with that sort of a questionin' look, and then up over my head, and beyend it and beyend and I see there settled down over his face the sort of a satisfied look that he would have when I had answered his questions; and I sort o' smiled, and said to myself, I guessed the Lord had answered it. And so he went through the gate of the City, and was safe.
And how smart they be, who can answer their questioning, questionin' about every thing. Nobody can't Josiah can't, nor I, nor nobody. Pretty soon she looked up at the comet; and says she, "Nama," she can't say grandma, "Nama, is that God's comma?" Now, jest see how deep that wuz, and beautiful, very.
"I turned around to say, 'What did I tell you? But before I could git the words out, Abram was off to saddle and bridle old Moll. That was always Abram's way. If there was anything to be done, he did it, and the talkin' and questionin' come afterwards. "Sam stopped at the gate and got off a minute to give his horse a breathin' spell.
Warren came in, his face beaming, and gave the old man the money due him. Uncle Buckley looked at him a moment, and then, with an air of contrite acknowledgment, shook his head as he seriously remarked: "I done you an injury jest now, by sorter questionin' whether you wouldn't run off with that change, and I want to ask your pardon." "Oh, that's all right," Warren laughed.
It's gone out of business then? It's dead?" "Yes. But " "Wait! Ain't it customary, when a sale like this is made, to turn over all the stock, certificates and all? Sometimes you get stock in the new company in exchange; I know that. But to complete the trade, wouldn't this extry hundred shares be turned in? Or some sharp questionin' done if 'twa'n't?" He addressed the query to Sylvester.
But I ain't questionin' his shootin'. I've been in this country a right smart while an' I ain't never seen another man that could bore a can six times while it's in the air." Leviatt's lips drooped. "He could do that an' not have nerve enough to shoot a coyote. Him not clashin' with Ben Radford proves he ain't got nerve." Stafford smiled.
No doubt ye have been referred to me for details iv the disturbin' rumours. Well, it's this wa-ay: I am in the service iv the comp'ny, and I dhraw me pay wid regularity, praise be, so that I w'u'd not for a moment think of questionin' the wisdom iv the policy iv me superiors " "That's right don't!" snapped Farwell. "Now, get me those telegrams, if there are any, and tell me what I want to know."
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