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This suggestion was considered for some time, and Leopold finally concluded to dig up the treasure, and conceal it in some safer place. In a few moments more the shot bag was unearthed, and Stumpy held it in his hand. "I swow! Solid gold!" exclaimed he. "Halveses!" shouted Charley Redmond, suddenly stepping between the money-diggers.
They knew him all too well, and the gun at his hip; and they counted it no disgrace to give way before the man who had conquered Dave Chatwourth with rocks. So Denver changed the notices and came back laughing and Bunker Hill made over the claims. "Denver," he said clasping him warmly by the hand, "I swow, you're the best danged friend I've got. For the last time, now, will you come to dinner?"
"Them apostles was fishermen, d'ye see, and the fishermen and longshore folk always was more peaceable and quieter-like than us deep-sea bilboes. You read me about that there fellow as slaughtered the Camelites; I understands him better. By Gosh, he gave 'em a warm time of it, on my swow, didn't he! Not much use them Camelites showing their heads when Joshua was in the offing!
This time OLD-man saw him and SWOW! he threw his war-club at Kingfisher; tried to kill the bird for laughing. Kingfisher ducked so quickly that OLD-man's club just grazed the feathers on his head, making them stand up straight. "'There, said OLD-man, 'I'll teach you to laugh at me when I'm sad. Your feathers are standing up on the top of your head now and they will stay that way, too.
I swow, ef I'd a known ye hadn't nothin but them, I wouldn't a guv ye a drop to drink nor eat nuther. Marthy say ony this morning, 'Cephas, says she, 'rum 's rum an rags is rags, an don' ye give no more rum fer rags." "Well," said Perez, "I have nothing else. Government thought they were good enough to pay the soldiers for their blood; they ought to pay landlords for their rum."
Mis' Kittridge, she broke me o' that, and now I don't never go further than 'I vum' or 'I swow, or somethin' o' that sort; but you see I'm old; Moses is young; but then he's got eddication and friends, and he'll come all right. Now you jest see ef he don't!"
My people are light of foot and fast. We are having a good time, but if you should try to do as we are doing you might get hurt, and that would spoil our fun. "'Ho! said OLD-man, 'stand back! I'll show you what a runner I am. "He ran like a grizzly bear, and shook the ground with his weight. Swow! came the great rock on top of OLD-man and held him fast in the mud.
At least I sh'an't go back any more unless he was to send for me." "Bully for you! I wouldn't either. Give you the shake 'cause you wouldn't let him put a bullet hole through me! Well, I swow!" Jase stared at Ralph in mingled admiration and compassion. "The dadburned old fool!" he continued.
We pasture them out a little ways, and when the people at Ballarat feel like having a feast we catch one, but sometimes they get a little wild." "Wall, I swow to man, if that don't beat all that I ever heard of, and no mistake. I've seen big cock-turkeys, and uncle Josiah raised one for last Thanksgiving that was a whopper, but this knocks him. I say, what could I get a pair of these 'ere for?"
"Well, I swow that was very friendly of Mister Geake!" the old woman ejaculated, as the door closed behind him. "'Tisn't everybody'd ha' thought what a comfort a little scrap o' religion can be to an old woman in my state." "He took a great liberty," said Naomi snappishly.
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