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"Storm kain't tech th' shack," he said proudly. "She 's built like a ship, t' stan' any win'. She's warm, too, an' thet Injun, he brings us plenty of wood. An' they's grub 'nough t' las'." The evangelist was politely attentive. "They's jes' one man thet might come botherin' 'em," Lancaster went on. "But 'tain't likely he'll see these parts before spring. An' Ah don' b'lieve he'll come then."
But Bubbles was too proud of her performance to allow it to be set aside; so she picked up the snake, and started to carry it back on a forked stick. On the way, however, she too fell into a fright at sight of an innocent little land terrapin traveling along with his house on his back. "Don't tech it, don't, Miss Dimple," she cried in terror. "Dey has de evilest eyes.
"No no don't tech me leave me be leave me be " The youth, aghast and filled with wonder at the tall soldier, began quaveringly to question him. "Where yeh goin', Jim? What you thinking about? Where you going? Tell me, won't you, Jim?" The tall soldier faced about as upon relentless pursuers. In his eyes there was a great appeal. "Leave me be, can't yeh? Leave me be for a minnit."
Lieutenant Diégo Bernal had taken good care of them. Long Jim picked up his rifle and handled it lovingly. "It feels good jest to tech it," he said. "I didn't think I could ever like a Spaniard ez well ez I do that thar little leftenant. I'll miss him when we go ploughin' up the river."
"If you was a ol' little boy," said Billy, "it wouldn't make no diffunce; I don't want to make yo' ma mad an' Aunt Minerva say for me to keep 'way f'om you anyhow, though I didn't make her no promises." Jimmy grew angry. "You're the stingiest Peter they is, William Hill," he cried; "won't let nobody tech your old mumps. My cousin in Memphis's got the measles; you just wait till I get 'em."
"No, I don't expect you did." "No, I didn't; ef you buys me for a fool you loses your money shore. She said when dey com'd down yere she wanted all de men to hide, for dey'd kill all de men, but dey wouldn't tech de women." "It's no such thing. She's put it all wrong. Why them Yankees are our best friends." "Dat's jis' what I thinks. Ole Miss was jis' tryin to skeer a body.
They inspected him with admiration; he bore their critical survey with affected unconcern and indifference, as befitted one who had attained such prominence. "Don't tech 'em," he commanded, waving them off as he leaned gracefully against the fence. "I teched 'em," boasted the younger boy. "What'll you all give us if we Il let you put your finger on 'em?"
I shouldn't wonder ef he had felt the tech of lead down there in the holler, and the smart of his hurt kept him flyin'. Let's go and look him over, and see ef we can't find the markin's of the bullit on him." In a moment the two stood above the dead deer. "It is as I thought," said the Trapper, as he pointed with his ramrod to a stain of blood on one of the hams of the buck.
I know half a hundred ways to set you screaming in three minutes and at least ten of them will not even leave a mark on your skin! Now do we get Service or don't we?" "You'll go to the Chamber for this !" snarled the tech. "All right. But first we broadcast. Then maybe someday a ship that's run into bad luck'll have a straighter deal than we've had. You get on your post.
An' its a shame how dey do sling de licker 'bout 'lection times." "But don't the temperance people want the colored people to vote the temperance ticket?" "Yes, but some ob de culled people gits mighty skittish ef dey tries to git em to vote dare ticket 'lection time, an' keeps dem at a proper distance wen de 'lection's ober. Some ob dem say dere's a trick behine it, an' don't want to tech it.
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