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"I'm willing, Abner. You must wake me up in time." "You'd better go to bed early, bub, and git all the sleep you can. We'll have a hard day to-morrer." "Wake up, there." The little boy stirred in his sleep, and finally opened his eyes. By the faint light that entered through the window, he saw Abner bending over him. "What is it?" he asked, drowsily.
I take no chances on robbers, like your express agent spoke of. I don't mind telling you that I have fifteen thousand dollars in that bag and I intend to keep it there." "Do tell!" exclaimed Scattergood. "Wa-al, you know your business. Now, then, if you want to drive over six mile with me to-morrer, well git us that money and I'll take the stock." "Good," said Mr. Bowman. "An early start.
"Willie, Willie!" he burst out, as soon as he got into the room. "Guess wot I've got to tell yer! "Can't," said Willie. "Do tell me, Bob." "Some one's comin' to see yer to-morrer." "To see me!" repeated Willie. "Who, Bob?" "Who should it be," said Bob, "but yer lady!" "Truth, Bob? Do yer mean it?" for it seemed almost too good to be true. "My pretty lady!" "Yes," said Bob. "Ain't it prime?
I've wintered many a time without none only grass in my moccasins. There's outfits in this train that's low on flour an' side meat right now, let alone socks. We got to cure some meat. There's a million buffler just south in the breaks wantin' to move on north, but scared of us an' the Injuns. We'd orto make a good hunt inside o' ten mile to-morrer.
She seemed to sense his meaning and lay crouched upon the ground with her sorrow until Solomon lifted her to her feet and said: "Look here, little womern, this don't do no good. I'm goin' to spread my blanket under the pines an' I want ye to lay down with yer boy an' git some sleep. We got a long trip to-morrer.
"No," said Tira, "you ain't comin' into this house ag'in till he's carried out of it. I've made you up a bed in the lower barn an' I've set you out suthin' to eat there. Day after to-morrer mornin' the doctor's comin' over after me an' baby or send somebody, if he can't come an' he's goin' to see to the minister an' all. He was terrible sorry for me.
"I've got to drive the team home for Mis' Fleetwood to-morrer, I tol' her I would " "Well, you won't. You're going to hit the trail with me just as soon as I can find a horse for you to ride. We'll sleep at the Double Diamond, and start from there in the morning.
And I thought if I might see a priest here in New York he might help me. But the mistress is to go at noon to-morrer, and I'll have no time. What SHALL I do? says she, and commenced to cry again. "Then I had an idea. 'Priest? says I. 'There's a fine big church, with a cross on the ridgepole of it, not five minutes' walk from this house. I see it as we was comin' up.
We're here to-day an' gone to-morrer, he'd say, 'an' the' ain't no pocket in a shroud, an' I'm dum'd if I don't think sometimes," declared Mr. Harum, "that he wa'n't very fur off neither.
He protested his shame and horror, together with a desire for revenge, so loudly that I resolved that he should not be disappointed, that the dead girl should be in a slight measure avenged, and he should not only know but feel it. "I ain't got me voting paper. Me an' Carry will go up for 'em to-morrer," said grandma one evening from her arm-chair near the fireplace.
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