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Updated: October 7, 2025
Every time John rode in and throwed off his saddle there'd be ole Demijohn, settin' in the corner of the corral or under his bunk or out in the box stall, smilin' and waitin'. Finally Demijohn got to followin' John right into the bunk-house, and John tryin' his durndest to keep out of sight.
He was smilin' all over his face, he was so pleased to have Bacon own up, an' he turned to ma and me and says, 'Ain't it wonderful! "Then Moller come out of his fit an' set still a while, like he had jist woke up from a long nap.
Hodgson, smilin, "I think you had as well 'let a-be for let a-be' there. They have been sadly mauled by you, I understand, and it strikes me to be a drawn battle between you." "Weel, weel," said I, laughin, "e'en let it be sae, then; but the scoonrils ocht to be mair carefu' wha they lay their hands on." "They ought, no doubt," said Mr.
Where's the ham I told you to cook and all the rest o' the things I bought for this dinner? "Jane Ann said the way he spoke and the look in his eyes would 'a' frightened most any woman but Mary; she wasn't the kind to be frightened. Jane Ann said she stood up straight, with her head thrown back and still smilin', and her voice was as clear and sweet as if she'd been sayin' somethin' pleasant.
Right in there on the sewin'-machine in plain sight of all of us I saw them, and I wiped me hands and tied up me apron, and I walked in, and says I, 'I'll be obliged to you, Mr. Belmont, to put them by, and I looked at him, stiff as pork. 'Why, certainly, Mrs. Corbett, says he, smilin' at me as if I had said somethin' pleasant.
"'The place wa'n't very big, but 'twas fixed up fancy and there was a kind of blackboard along the end of the room where a boy was markin' up figgers in chalk. A nice, smilin' lookin' man met us and, when we told him what we wanted, he asked us to set down. Then, afore we knowed it almost, we'd told him the whole story about the five hundred and all.
"'Now here iss this fat little man sittin' before me with his suit o' blue clothes so bonnie and dainty, and a watch guard as thick as my finger on his wame, smilin' an' smirkin', and real well contented with himself, but if he wass opened up what a sight it would be for men and angels. Oh yes, yes, it would be a fearsome sicht, and no man here would be able to look.
This was agreeable to the club, whose members now separated to their homes. "Aunt Stanshy," said Charlie, that night, "do you know where my rabbit is?" "I don't know. Now I told you, when Miss Persnips came down here, that thing in her arms, and she smilin' and blinkin', as if she had an armful of gold, that she was givin' you an elephant rather than a rabbit.
"Sure!" was the answer, given with a bland grin. "He clum' up smilin'." "Well, I hope he does," was the comment. By this time it could be seen that Dave was at least alive. Out of the haze of dust he limped, But the steer lay prone. Mr. Carson jumped from his horse, and an instant later had the young cowboy in his arms. "Dave! Dave!" he cried. "My boy! My boy! Tell me you're not hurt!"
And you should have seen the look on Cuyler Morrison's aristocratic map as he inspects Hunk up and down and it dawns on him that he's bein' invited to break into the circus business. But after the first shock has passed off he ends by smilin' indulgent. "My good fellow," says he, "you flatter me. My qualifications for such a partnership are entirely too limited."
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