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"He's got a runnin' walk that is good for six miles an hour. He's a walkin' fool. And anything you git your rope on, he'll hold it till you're gray-headed and got whiskers. That ole hoss is the best cow-hoss in Antelope County and I'm referrin' you to Steve Brown to back me up. I bought that hoss from Steve. Any time you see the Box-S brand on a hoss, you can figure he's a good one."
The balance o' the bunch only give me the side eye. "Would you need any more help?" I asked, most respectful. "No, thank you," sez the young feller, "I think we'll make it all right." "You have a nice bunch here," sez I, "an' I thought perhaps you might want to get 'em to market in good shape. I am referrin' to the cows" I continued, kind o' takin' the cover off my voice.
I remember one thing plain: The old man said to the young 'un: 'She must not know a thing of this, or it will ruin everything. He wasn't referrin' to the girl either. There was another woman in the case. They seemed mighty anxious to pull the job off without this woman gettin' next.
The king kind of ruffles up, and says: "Looky here, Bilgewater, what'r you referrin' to?" The duke says, pretty brisk: "When it comes to that, maybe you'll let me ask, what was YOU referring to?" "Shucks!" says the king, very sarcastic; "but I don't know maybe you was asleep, and didn't know what you was about."
Poor Marjie! To her the Indian name was always a terror. Before I could reply O'mie broke in: "Marjory Whately, ye'll excuse me fur referrin' to it, but I ain't no bigger than you are." O'mie had not grown as the most of us had, and while he had a lightning quickness of movement, and a courage that never faltered, he was no match for the bigger boys in strength and endurance.
Y' see I was tellin' her as I wus runnin' a bit of a hog ranch them times, an', on o-casions, we used to give parties. The pertickler party I wus referrin' to wus a pretty wholesome racket. The boys got good an' drunk, an' they got slingin' the lead frekent 'fore daylight come around. Howsum, it wus the cause o' the trouble as I wus gassin' 'bout.
"What gal's currls be you referrin' to Jabe?" interrupted Andy Mitchell. "Suthin' finer 'n horse-hair, anyways!" was the prompt retort; and a laugh went round the camp at Andy's expense. Then Batterpole continued: "When we come to Hardscrabble it was sundown, so we tied up the raft an' teetered up the hill to Old Man Peters's fur the night.
"And I'll have built plans for twenty years on, on the sands," and MacDonald flicked the bronchos up with his whip. There was a long silence but for the crunch of the wheels through the road dust. "MacDonald," said Matthews abruptly, "A'm goin' t' see this thing thro'. A don't mean y'r daughter's love; th' angels o' Heaven have that in their own charge! A'm referrin' t' this mine thing!
"Kin ye go to Keene forty-two mile in an afternoon with a mate," said Rick; "an' turn out bright an' early next mornin'?" "Was there evah any time in your careah, suh I am not referrin' to the present circumstances, but our mutual glorious past when you could carry a pretty girl to market hahnsome, an' let her knit all the way on account o' the smoothness o' the motion?" said Tweezy.
From that moment she liked him and at the breezy whimsicality of his next words she decided that it would be well worth the effort to penetrate the mask. "The dude, or dictionary, names for the above specified commodities is bacon, biscuits, an' butter. An' referrin' back to your own etymological spasm, the word 'grub' shows a decided improvement over anything you have uttered previous.
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