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The boy ventured a long, quivering sigh, his whole frame relaxed, and in that instant Soapy wrenched the weapon from his loosened hold and rose. Choking with passion, Spike sprang at him, but Soapy fended him off with a long arm. "Gimme that gun!" "Behave, Kid, behave, else I'll have t' dot ye one! Be good an' chase off home; this ain't no place for you t'night nor no other time."
"What is the meaning of this, Mammy?" the Colonel asked, as soon as the young people had left. "What is going on to-night?" "It's a dance 'bout de fire, Cun'l," the old woman explained. "De young folks hab been plannin' all dis bressed day to s'prize Missie Jean an' Mistah Dane t'night. Dey's been cookin' an' cookin', an' whisperin' mysterious like, an' laffin' an' laffin' to split dere sides."
"Oh, Miss Hermy, my Martin's very bad t'night, an' I got t' go out, an' I can't leave him alone; would ye mind comin' down an' sittin' with him for a bit?" "Why, of course I will." "Y' see, since he had th' stroke, he's sorrered for our little Maggie he was hard on her, y' see, an' since she she died he's been grievin' for her. Had himself laid in her little room seemed to comfort him somehow.
No, give it t'me; you're a bit on edge t'night, I guess, an' it might go off an' break a glass or somethin'. So gimme ye gun, Bud. That's it! Now we can sit an' talk real sociable, can't we? Now listen, Bud what you want is t' get your own back on this guy Geoff, an' what th' Kid wants is t' show his sister as he ain't a kid, an' what I want is t' give ye both a helpin' hand "
"Hello, Bill," said Milton, with easy indifference. "How goes it?" "Oh, 'bout so-so. You rather got ahead o' me t'night, didn't yeh?" "Well, rather. The man that gets ahead o' me has got t' drive a good team, eh?" He looked at Bettie. "I'd like to try it," said Bill. "Well, let's go across the road," said Milton to Bettie, anxious to get her out of the way of Bill.
"She'll surely marry him, alright," said the first, "'cause he's got th' money, but she's goin' t' have a heap o' fun makin' Young Matt play th' fool before she leaves th' woods. He ain't took his eyes off her t'night. Everybody's laughin' at him." "I notice they take mighty good care t' laugh behind his back," flashed little black-eyed Annie Brooke from the Cove neighborhood.
'But I'm not goin t'night, Rachael, nor yet t'morrow. 'Tan't easy overmuch t' know wheer t' turn, but a good heart will coom to me. Herein, too, the sense of even thinking unselfishly aided him. Before he had so much as closed Mr.
"Come and hear me next Sunday, and if you say so then, I'll quit," replied Mr. Pill, quietly. "I give ye my word for it. I believe in preachers havin' a little of the flesh and the devil; they can sympathize better with the rest of ye." The sarcasm was lost on Bacon, who continued to look at him. Suddenly he said, as if with an involuntary determination: "Where ye go'n' to stay t'night?"
"Guess again," Walt replied. "I heard o' him. He's been down in the Chinook Country. An' what's more I've got word o' Mart, an' he's comin' here t'night."
Bud's inside, I know he is. Leggo my arm, you can't con me!" "'S right, Kid, I ain't tryin'. Only I'm tellin' you Bud's left me an' Lefty t' run things here t'night. Bud's up-town at his old man's place. I know because I sent him, see?" "You sent him you? Ah, come off! You couldn't!" "'S right, Kid; I got him away by a fake telegram."
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