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He had not even taken the hatchet, and he was going in the direction in which the disturbance had died away. Ten minutes later he came back chuckling. "The sons-of-guns, they got my goat all right. I'll be scairt of my own shadow next. What was they? Huh! You couldn't guess in a thousand years. A bunch of half-grown calves, an' they was worse scairt than us."
My young sisters began to cry. "Need n't be scairt," said father. "They won't come very near. 'Fraider of us 'n we are o' 'em, a good deal." "Tow-w-w!" said D'ri, with a laugh. "They 'll be apt t' stub ther toes 'fore they git very nigh us." This did not quite agree with the tales he had previously been telling. I went for my sword, and buckled its belt about me, the scabbard hanging to my heels.
He even washed the potaters for her, made the fires, an' lugged water. Scairt to death if she was sick! She used to have sick headaches, an' one day he stopped choppin' pine limbs near the house 'cause the noise hurt Lyddy Ann's head. Another time, I recollect, she had erysipelas in her face, an' I went in to carry some elder-blows, an' found him readin' the Bible.
"Wal," drawled Bill thoughtfully, "y'see, we ain't shipped dust out for some time on account of a gang that's settin' around waitin'. You comin' from Spawn City'll likely have heard of this feller James an' his gang. A most ter'ble tough is James. I'll allow he's got us mighty nigh wher' he wants us scairt to death. No, we ain't sent out no gold stage lately, but we're goin' to right soon.
"Give 'm the whole thing while you're about it, in a right free-handed way." Bill shook his head. "If I did, he'd get clean scairt and prance off. I'm lettin' on as how the ground is believed to be valuable, an' that we're lettin' go half just because we're monstrous short on grub. After the dicker we can make him a present of the whole shebang."
It's got to be a free gospel 't would convict him o' sin, that's certain! ... They say Seth Thatcher's married out in Iowy. His mother's tickled 'most to death. She heerd he was settin' up with a girl out there, 'n' she was scairt to death for fear he'd get served as Lemuel 'n' Cyrus was.
Hen Hawkins is under Si Stubbles' thumb. He won't tech the case 'cause he's afraid of Si." "What has Si to do with it?" "A great deal, if I'm not mistaken. Him an' Ben are both at the bottom of last night's racket, mark my word. Hen would be scairt most to death to do anything that would uncover their doin's. He'll be afraid of losing' Si's trade.
But it kinder whished, 'n' I felt the feathers. Darn 'em! When I felt the feathers, tell ye I was 'bout half scairt. Hed 'n idee 'f th' angel 'f death, 'n' so on." Of course Aunt Maria and Clara wanted to do much nursing immediately; but there were no conveniences and there was no time; and so benevolence was postponed.
Sang saw them drive off. They took the buckboard. He heard 'em planning it. He was too scairt to tell till they'd gone. I just found it out. They've been gone two hours. Must be going to make the Limited." Parker fidgeted, impatient to be off. "You're wasting time," he snapped at the motionless figure. Suddenly Johnson's face flamed.
An' I guess, ef you was sure to git to rock-bottom o' things, I'd say we're all doin' this thing 'cos Wild Bill said so." He finished up with a chuckle that thoroughly upset the equilibrium of the widower, and set him jumping at the chance of retort. "Guess you're scairt to death o' Wild Bill," he sneered.
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