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Pap would come back to thish-yer town some day and get his claws on it if I didn't hurry up, and I tell you he'd clean it out pretty quick. What you going to do with yourn, Tom?" "I'm going to buy a new drum, and a sure-'nough sword, and a red necktie and a bull pup, and get married." "Married!" "That's it." "Tom, you why, you ain't in your right mind." "Wait you'll see."
'I'm a sure-'nough sleut', he says. 'I blows into dis house at de special request of Mr. McEachern, de American gent. De odder mug hands de lemon again. 'Tell it to de King of Denmark, he says. 'Dis cop's de limit. Youse has enough gall fer ten strong men, he says. 'Show me to Mr. McEachern, says Galer. 'He'll crouch, is dat it?" "Vouch?" suggested Jimmy. "Meaning give the glad hand to."
"Speaknubout prices," the man in the velour hat observed, fingering the elk-tooth on his heavy watch-chain, "I'd like to know where they get this stuff about clothes coming down. Now, you take this suit I got on." He pinched his trousers-leg. "Four years ago I paid forty-two fifty for it, and it was real sure-'nough value.
"There!" exclaimed Earle, with a sigh of satisfaction, when at length they had thoroughly examined and cleared away the fallen rock. "I guess we've done enough; for we've demonstrated that this is a sure-'nough mine. See that stuff round the place where we picked out the emerald?
"No; I want a sure-'nough ducky; I want mine." Lovey Mary was exasperated. "Well, you can't have yours. I can't get it for you, and you might as well hush." His lips trembled, and two large tears rolled down his round cheeks. When he was injured he was irresistible. Lovey Mary promptly surrendered. "Don't cry, baby boy! Lovey'll get you one someway."
He 'lows to bring up some regular fighters from Mexico and have a real, sure-'nough bullfight. Then he's offered a prize of fifty dollars for the best roper, and fifty dollars for the best shooter." "I didn't happen to hear of it, but I'm due to take that fifty; I need it," said Mose. "He 'lows to have some races pony races and broncho busting." "When does it come off?" asked Mose with interest.
"I was just wondering," she said, ignoring this banality for which in my heart I thanked her "if there are weeds that show embarrassment for people who tell fibs?" Now there was no possible way for her to have learned my name! "You don't think there was any fibbing when I said you were a sure-'nough princess, do you?" "Oh, please, let's not talk of that again," she entreated.
"Mother says she told him to bring me a heap of things a gun and a 'spress wagon and a engine that runs on a track and lots more things. Say, Anne, is there really truly a sure-'nough Santa Claus? George Bryant says there isn't not. Tell me, Anne. Does Santa Claus really come down the chimney?" "You stay awake and see," advised Anne. "I'm going to.
Charley gave a shrill whoop of joy, and with a run he and Billy grabbed one another and hugged and danced. Then they drew off to shake hands; then Charley shook hands with Mr. Walker and Mr. Adams shook hands with Billy and his father; then Charley and Billy grinningly sized one another up. "You look like a sure-'nough miner," said Billy.
"Don't make much difference which one 't was," she sobbed; "it would be 'bout as easy to git another sure-'nough leg as to git a new wooden one. That las' one cost seven dollars. I jes' sewed an' saved an' scrimped to git it, an' now it's busted!" The boys stood around in silent sympathy, and when nobody was looking Chris wiped his eyes on his coat sleeve.
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