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Don't be afraid for THAT. It's pleasant to a fellow's feelings," he developed, "to 'size-up' the bribe he applies his foot to." "Oh then if all you want's a kickable surface the bribe's enormous." "Good. Then there it goes!" Chad administered his kick with fantastic force and sent an imaginary object flying.
"The next day, we rounds up Doc Peets, an' he encourages us so that we concloods to return an' make a size-up of results. "'I shore hopes we finds Dave safe. says Dan Boggs. "'It's even money, says Jack Moore, 'that Dave pulls through. Dave's a mighty wary sport when worst comes to worst; an' as game as redhead ants.
As he gathers up the bridle rein an' swings into the saddle, a mad thirst to fight, die an' bleed for my country seizes me, an' I grabs the reb's hoss by the bits an' detains him. ""Say, Mister," I pleads, "why can't you-all take me with you?" "" Which you're a lot too young, son," says the reb, takin' another size-up of the Yanks.
Then, coming closer to me, he said: "I shall rely upon you to keep me in touch with the situation on this side of the water. I know I can trust you to give me an exact size-up of the situation here. Remember, I shall be far away and what I will want is a frank estimate from you of the state of public opinion on this side of the water. That is what I will find myself most in need of.
The metropolitan dailies had sent their best men to write up the story and to give a "size-up" of the new Governor-elect in fighting action. They were not disappointed. He was in rare form. His speech was filled with epigrams that carried the fight home to those upon whom we were trying to make an impression.
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