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I think just now he needs the kind thought of anyone who belongs to him. He's in pretty bad trouble someways." The girl looked up. A curious anxiety was shining in her eyes. "Trouble?" she demanded. "You mean he's done wrong? What d'you mean? What sort of trouble?" The man shook his head. "No. It's not that. It's your mother.
And presently, in but a few moments of time; though it had been someways an eternity, My Beautiful One closed her eyes and lay very quiet. And I took away the child to the Nurse, who stood beyond the door. And I closed the door, and came back to Mine Own, that we have those last instants alone together.
They ain't easy handlin'. They got to be bro't up reg'lar, an' their stummicks ain't to be pizened with no wrong sort o' vittles. Ther's such a heap o' things to kids o' that age it makes me nigh sweat at the tho't. Howsum, Zip's down an' out, an' we got to see him right someways.
A shout of laughter bore witness to the truth of the sketch. 'It's pretty to think of, said the Kerry man slowly. 'Mulcahy would have us do all the devilmint, and get clear himself, someways. He wudn't be takin' all this fool's throuble in shpoilin' the reputation of the regiment 'Reputation of your grandmother's pig! said Dan. 'Well, an' HE had a good reputation tu; so it's all right.
Her heart was beating so loudly, that it seemed to her he must hear it. "Wal," he said slowly, "it's not a bad notion in some ways, Rosie. Ther's jest the matter o' myself wrong. I 'lows you'd make a han'some return to Rube an' Ma. Guess you needn't to figger on me though. I'll stand by this old farm. I ken work it single-handed. An' I kind o' notion the Injuns around here someways."
"I'm more glad you made our camp this night than any other. Maybe I'd ha' got through someways, but I don't know just how. We're down over fifty on our cut, an', by the holy snakes, I can't hand you why." Bull put his coloured handkerchief away, and removed the pea-jacket which he had worn under his furs. "Don't worry," he said with apparent unconcern. "I can hand it you. That's why I'm here."
But, ere she did be come outward entire from the haze of the Past, she to try to set somewhat into words concerning this memory-vision of the babe; but someways to be strangely dumb. And I did be silent likewise, because of all those things that did be between us forever and forever. And presently, she kist me, and was herself again; and she went from me to attend unto our food.
Nothing much; we left it stand, for someways it didn't seem so high no more when Bonnie Bell's ivy and them other plants begun to hang down on it. But, of course, I had to bust the hole in a little bit bigger after a while, so as the twins could get through right easy, as well as Peanut. One was named David Abraham and the other John William; but they couldn't help it.
"Yes, but that don't comfort me any. I never was one to feel good because another man felt bad. How would you have liked it if some one had taken comfort because his boy lived when ours died? No, I can't do it. And this is worse than death, someways. That comes and it goes; but this looks as if it was one of those things that had come to stay.
The other don't cut much ice, unless it is the work's made things better someways." Abe spat out his chew and sat up. His combative spirit, which was perhaps his chief characteristic, was easily stirred. "It ain't stuff of that sort made John Kars the richest guy in Leaping Horse. It ain't that play set him doping around 'inside' where there ain't much else but cold, and skitters, and gold.
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