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Let two gents across the layout go to exchangin' views, or swappin' observations, an' you can gamble that Vance comes jimmin' along in. An' Vance is allers tellin' about his brother Abe.
B'lieve ye'd stan' there swappin' kisses 'till ye was knee sprung if I didn't tell ye t' quit. Hope came and put her arms about his neck, fondly, and kissed him good-night. 'Did Bill prance right up like a man? he asked, his hand upon her shoulder. 'Did very well, said she, smiling, 'for a man with a wooden leg. Uncle Eb sank into a chair, laughing heartily, and pounding his knee.
Micky Hagan's was one of the receivin'-places for river-thievin'. He had boats to let, an' bought out an' out or advanced on the swag, just as you pleased; an' mostly you're in his debt, because you get into the way of swappin', an' he sets his own price on the thing you fancy. "Now, I've thought it all out, ma'am, many a time.
"I don't see you two swappin' canteens any, Nick, but it ain't for me to bust into your game; and I guess if you sling him a roll o' your good greenbacks, I'll contrive to switch some o' 'em off the line into my pocket. That's to say, if you give him a job he can stick to his bunk and his grub in my hotel." Mr.
Reckoned some member o' Parliament, or bishop, or somebody, had bin swappin' horses with you. You are comin' out! Oh, I say! Nosey give me the letter, with the three notes in it; but I couldn't make head or tail of it about the saddle. No more could n't Moriarty." "I'll explain all that to you some time. How are you getting on with Satan?" "Bad," replied Jack humbly.
The fact was, the parson had got such a likin' for havin' Huldy 'round, that he couldn't think o' such a thing as swappin' her off for the Widder Pipperidge. "But he thought to himself, 'Huldy is a good girl; but I oughtn't to be a leavin' every thing to her, it's too hard on her.
"Might as well risk it again, and if I can't run the gate well, swappin' a few more plain words with Aunty'll relieve my feelin's some, anyway." With that I marches up bold and presses the button. "Say," says I to the maid, "don't tell me Aunty's gone out since I left!" Selma shakes her head solemn as her mighty Swedish intellect struggles to surround the situation.
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