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"Son," said Lund simply, "I'm afraid of nothing. But they're primed for somethin', under Carlsen. We'll be makin' Unalaska ter-morrer or the next day. Here's hopin' it's the next. An' we've got to know what to expect. Did you know that the skipper has had another bad spell?" "No. When?" "Jest a few minnits ago. Cryin' for Carlsen like a kid for its nurse an' bottle. The doc's with him now.
"Here's Big Sam," the overseer continued, "nigh unto three hunderd; an' Little Lizay two hunderd an' fawty-seven. That's the bigges' figger yer's ever struck yit, Lizay: shows what yer kin do. Min' yer come up ter it ter-morrer an' ev'ry other day." "Days gits shawter 'bout Chrismus-time," Little Lizay ventured to suggest, "an' it gits col', an' my fingers ain't limber."
His talents was achin' ter git action on him; anythin' like that got up his spunk. Says I: "'Maybe Ranch kin help. We'll tell him ter-morrer after guard mount. It'll take his mind off Daggett. "'No, yer don't, says Buck. 'Don't yer dare tell him. He's nervous as a cat over the pup as it is, an' this spook business is awful skeery; I'm feelin' woozy over it meself.
I could make no answer to such highly scientific statements, and in a few moments a knock was heard at the door, upon which our handmaiden precipitated herself. "Come right in," she said. "Don't take notice if yer boots is muddy fer I'll be scrubbin' th' floor ter-morrer.
It's a reg'lar blizzard," he began, but he stopped short at the expression on his wife's face. "Why, Ella!" he cried. "Jim Aunt Abby sat up ten minutes in bed ter-day. She called fer toast an' tea." Jim dropped into a chair. His jaw fell open. "S-sat up!" he stammered. "Yes." "But she hang it all, Herrick's comin' ter-morrer with the coffin!" "Oh, Jim!" "Well, I can't help it!
He've got the tenderlines in th' pack of he and ter-morrer ye's goin' ter feed on something worth bitin' inter. Ef yer doesn't say so I'll be awful fooled. And yer better shift yer stockin's right now, ma'am, 'cause walkin' all day in the mash is bound ter soak yer feet spite o' good boots. I'll be back in a minnut." The good creature dashed away on her errand, and we were left to tell our tales.
Well, there's as much as ten of 'em now, an' I'm agoin' ter spend 'em all of 'em mebbe. I'm <i>agoin'</i> ter ride in them 'lectric-cars, an' so be you. An' I ain't goin' ter no old country fair, neither, an' no more be you. Look a' here, Abby, the folks are goin' again ter-morrer ter the fair, ain't they?" Abigail nodded mutely. Her eyes were beginning to shine.
Her lips, she knew, had not moved. They were talking now Ella and Jim out in the other room. Their voices, even their words, were quite distinct, and dreamily, indifferently, she listened. "You see," said Jim, "as long as I've got ter go ter town ter-morrer, anyhow, it seems a pity not ter do it all up at once.
"He's done 'gaged hisse'f," she said, "ter cut an' haul wood fur Kunnel Martin ober on Little Mount'n fur de whole ob nex' week. It's fourteen or thirteen mile' from h'yar, an' ef he'd started ter-morrer mawnin', he'd los' a'mos' a whole day, 'Sides dat, I done tole him dat ef he git dar ter-night he'd have his supper frowed in. Wot you all want wid him? Gwine to pay him fur preachin'?"
He recognized her, and when he had finished his supper he went over to her. "I didn't want ter strike yer, Lizay," he said. "Do you feel haud agin me fer it?" "No," Lizay answered: "he made yer do it. Yer couldn't he'p it. I reckon yer'll have ter whip me agin ter-morrer night. I mos' knows my baskit won't weigh no two hunderd an' fawty-seven poun's.
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