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I'm goin' t' give 'em away; I'm goin' to make a Chris'mas present of 'em to Shaver. They're goin' to be little Shaver's right here, all orderly an' peace'ble, or I'll tromp on 'em! Looky here, Shaver, wot Santy Claus brought ye!" "Nice dood Sant' Claus!" cried Billie, diving under the davenport in quest of the wandering chicks. Silence held the grown-ups.
From the direction they've took, I b'lieve they're goin' to Santy Maree Creek." "That flows into Bill Williams Fork, does it not?" "Yes, an' 't has a northern and southern branch. One of th' favorite campin'-places of th' Mezcalleros 's on th' southern branch." "How far is it from here?" "'Bout fifty mile." "Easy of approach?"
Always called me Willum, when he meant mischief, did the Captain. "'Why, sir, says I, 'the bottom, I reck'n. "'Wrong again, says he. 'That's the nearest land to me, and he points at the Santy Maria, Don Somebody Somethin's Flag-ship. 'Hard a-starboard, if you please, Mr. Hardin, says he. 'I'm a-goin to land.
"She surely ought to be glad," said Tom. The Lady Clarabel was another fair-haired lady in a gown of the brightest pink. "This here beauty's for the baby," said Harvey, his eyes glowing. "She don't care if the hair's black or yellow, but won't that stunnin' dress make her eyes pop out?" "They'll surely believe in Santy when they see those beauties," said Tom.
I asked, eagerly; for although she could neither read nor write, she had a sponge-like absorbing power for keeping posted on all that happened at the fort. "Cla'n'den" the woman never called my uncle by any other name "he's goin' to Santy Fee, an' you boys with him, 'cause " She paused and her shining eyes grew dull as they had a way of doing in her thoughtful or prophetic moments.
I know that," she cried in delight, and that look he had waited for shone in her face. Then came a big long box which Santy handed to Hepzebiah. Santy himself helped her to tear off the wrappings; and lo and behold! it was a great big doll with blue eyes and flaxen hair.
I've known you all ever since you were born. Ho! Ho!" and he laughed, and his laugh seemed very jolly. "Very well," replied Father, "pardon my mistake Friend Santy, then. Would you be so good as to distribute the presents?" "Deelighted!" said Santy with a bow, "Marmaduke, you hand 'em to me and I'll read off the names."
Half turning her face toward us, she continued in a clear, soft voice: "That man they call Ramero down in Santy Fee I knowed him when he was just Fred Ramer back in the rice-fields country. His father, old man Ramer, tried to kill me once, 'cause he said I knowed too much. I helped him into kingdom come right then and saved a lot of misery.
Elijah shuddered inwardly, but outwardly smiled faintly as he replied, "No!" "And the tide and wind jest servin' us now, ye wouldn't mind keepin' straight on with us this trip?" "Where to?" asked Elijah. "Santy Barbara." "No," said Elijah, after a moment's pause. "I'll go with you."
"That's just what I was sayin' to mom this morning," said Harvey. If I had a Santy Claus suit, I'd dress up and hand 'em out myself." Tom's face lighted with a bright idea. "My brother Bob's got a Santa Claus suit that he used in a show last Christmas," he said. "Say, let me dress up and play Santa for you. The girls would never guess who I was!"
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