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"And Raley?" "No, it ain't!" answered that one with a sudden flare-up of courage. "Then whose horse is it?" "It belongs to Larkin an' Smith an' me." "Of course. But why did you bring him to Paradise Park?" "To sell him." "To whom, please?" Raley, caught in the trap, looked appealingly toward Smith, but got no help from him. "To whom?" repeated Haig sharply. "To you if you wanted him!"
I thocht yon twa kimmers that sang "The Banks an' Braes o' Bonnie Boon" did awfu' pritty. Raley, my hert was i' my moo twa-three times when they were at the bitties whaur they sang laich, juist like the sooch-soochin' o' the hairst wind i' the forenicht amon' the stocks.
All these men were hostile toward him, of course; but how far would they support Huntington? No matter! He swung himself suddenly out of the saddle, and addressed himself to the leader of the cowboys. "You're Larkin, aren't you?" he said. "Yes," answered the embarrassed cow-puncher. "And the others are Smith and " "Raley," prompted Larkin.
I raise an' took the puir craturie doon, an' hang him up on the ither side o' the room; an, mind ye, ye wud raley thocht the bit beastie kent, for it gae a coodie bit cheep or twa, an juist cooered doon to sleep again.
There's some ane o' the three o's no' very soond i' the tap, shurely; an' whuther it's me or no', I raley canna mak' oot." But what I want to lat you see is that I do thae daft-like things sometimes, I dinna very weel ken hoo. I canna tell ye what wey it comes aboot. Is ony o' ye lads ever affekit like that?
He's been stickin' in like a hatter ever sin' syne, an' has a'thing as neat's ninepence; so I canna say a single wird. But is't no raley something terriple? Spring holiday! Wheesht! I'll no' forget it in a hurry, I can tell you. But I never saw't different.
Younker, unable to restrain their mirth, laughed heartily, while the stranger and Algernon smiled, and the stern features of the father relaxed into an expression of quiet humor seldom seen on his countenance. "'Pon my word," continued Mrs. Younker, so soon as she could collect breath enough after laughing to go on; "I do raley believe as how the boy's ayther crazy, or in love, for sartin.
"An' it says mighty funny things sometimes," replied Larkin, who now made no concealment of his dislike of Huntington and his "game." "We'll see!" cried Huntington angrily. "How does twelve hundred sound to you two?" He looked steadily at Raley and Smith, who exchanged glances. "What's your awful hurry?"
Ane o' the lassies sang a bit hersel' here an' there, an' eh, what splendid it was. She gaed up an' doon amon' the notes juist like forkit lichtnin', an her voice rang oot as clear as a bell. It was raley something terriple pritty. When she feenished ye wudda thocht the fowk was genna ding doon the hoose.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he began, shoving up his spectacles, and sucking his lips over his white teeth to keep them in place, "ladies and gentlemen, young men and maidens, raley I'm obleeged to Mr. Means fer this honor," and the Squire took both hands and turned the top of his head round half an inch. Then he adjusted his spectacles. Whether he was obliged to Mr.
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