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"I hain't keerin' none much erbout ther feller thet fired ther shot...." went on the voice. "Ther man I aims ter git ... air ther one thet hired him.... He's goin' ter die ... hard!" "What makes ye think" the listener licked his lips furtively "thar war more'n one?" "Because I knows who ... t'other one is." Rowlett rose from his seat, and lifted a clenched fist.
After tearing off some shingles the grapple had caught in a beam and was prevented from doing further harm. "Yes, yew'll pay, and yew'll go ter jail tew," declared the farmer. "Consarn it all, what's the country comin' tew? Las' week tew pesky dod-ratted balloonists hit Hi Holler on ther head with a bag of sand, and now yew come along in thet thar contraption and try to bust up my dryin' roof.
A few days afterwards Liza was talking with Sally, who did not seem very much happier than when Liza had last seen her. ''E ain't wot I thought 'e wos, she said. 'I don't mind sayin' thet; but 'e 'as a lot ter put up with; I expect I'm rather tryin' sometimes, an' 'e means well. P'raps 'e'll be kinder like when the biby's born.
"A man a poet a genius?" Bacon repeated, gravely. "Then, prithee, friend, how meant you in saying you thought me him who had written Shakespeare? Can a man a poet be written?" "Nay verily in good sooth marry, no!" stuttered Droop. "What they mean is thet 'twas you wrote the things Shakespeare put his name to you did, didn't you?" "Ahem!" said the stranger, with dubious slowness.
"'O, git out, says I. "She went out laffin', but at ther door she stopped a second and says: "'Dat's it, sho, Mr. Jordan, and after ther door closed I hearn her ha-hain'. "Then I did some thinkin' for the next half hour, and I said ter myself, 'It's thet, sho nuff.
I used ter go out in the woods, an' practise shootin' hit at things, tell I larned how ter handle hit. I reckon thar hain't many fellers round here thet kin beat me now." He paused, and the girl hastened to corroborate. "Thar hain't none, Samson." "There hain't nothin' in the world, Sally, thet I prizes like I does thet gun.
"I've done heered thet they lived somewhars in Kaintuck ginerations afore my time," he made evasive answer. "What made ye ask me that question?" Then it was she who became hesitant but after a little she suggested, "Come on down hyar under thet old walnuck tree. Seems like I kin talk freer thar."
Olsen had been going from man to man, sending those who were not armed home for guns. So it came about that half an hour after Kurt's arrival a score of farmers, villagers, and a few railroaders were collected in a group, listening to the pale-faced Olsen. "Men, there's only a few of us, an' there's hundreds, mebbe, in thet I.W.W. gang, but we've got to drive them off," he said, doggedly.
There's never so much as a decent fight in him thet I've found in twenty years. Maybe ye think as how I'm jist a bit hard on him; but he's thet gay at times thet he drives me fair crazy. Every lick I ever give him wus fer his own good. Suah now, an' ye never would run off with my man?" "Come, Jed, what do you say? Are you tired fighting the battles of the Confederacy, and prefer those of home?"
"Lucindy an' me bought 'em of the packman with our own money. They'll look mighty sweet settin' up on your mantel-tree. One of 'em's got its wing broke off, but thet won't show much when it's set facin' the room." "Ha! ha! ha!" laughed Rogers. "The twins presents you with angels, an' Tommy an' Buddy contributes live stock."
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