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Then he got his notes and sat down and began to check off, for first purchase, the luxuries which he should earliest wish to secure. "Horse buggy cutter lap-robe patent-leathers dog plug-hat church-pew stem-winder new teeth SAY, Aleck!" "Well?" "Ciphering away, aren't you? That's right. Have you got the twenty thousand invested yet?"
It is a gold hunting-case watch with a Swiss movement; loses five minutes a day; stem-winder; and the back cover, which does not bear any inscription, has upon it the indentations made by the molars of your son Willie when that interesting youth was cutting his teeth upon it." "Wonderful!" cried Johnson. "May I ask how you knew all that?" asked Solomon, deeply impressed.
Five minutes later they were leading their saddle- horses out of the barn. Unobserved, they mounted and took the road. "How air you two feelin'?" said Pete, as they broke into an easy "lope." "Thunder and Mars!" exclaimed Dan. "It's a doggoned fact, but I'm feeling fine." "It's the medicine," said Jimmie, athirst for more. "The Perfessor's a stem-winder, an' no mistake," said Pete.
The early dew had just begun to fall when Bondsman joined in. Lorry grinned. The dog and his master were absolutely serious in their efforts. As the tune progressed, Lorry's grin faded, and he sat gazing intently at the huge back of his host. "Why, he's playin' like he meant it," thought Lorry. "And folks says Bud Shoop was a regular top-hand stem-winder in his day."
He could work hard and study hard. "Good grub an' a room to yourself," Joe said. That settled it. A room to himself where he could burn the midnight oil unmolested. "But work like hell," the other added. Martin caressed his swelling shoulder-muscles significantly. "That came from hard work." "Then let's get to it." Joe held his hand to his head for a moment. "Gee, but it's a stem-winder.
I designated a list of quotations from the bill of fare that made the waiter look out toward the wagon to see how many more might be coming. "There we were, and there was the order being served. 'Twas a banquet for a dozen, but we felt like a dozen. I looked across the table at Mame and smiled, for I had recollections. Mame was looking at the table like a boy looks at his first stem-winder.
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