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"You woz saying," said the farmer, with slow, matter of fact, New England deliberation, "ez how you guessed you woz beguiled amongst the Injins by your Mexican partner, a pow'ful influential man, and yet you woz the only one escaped the gen'ral slarterin'. How came the Injins to kill HIM, their friend?" "They didn't," returned Jim, with ominously averted eyes.
But she jest gave a little scream and start, and then went off inter hysterics, right on his buzzum, laughing and cryin' and sayin' that nothin' should part 'em. Gosh! if I didn't think HE woz more cut up than she about it; a minit it looked as ef HE didn't allow to marry her arter all, but that passed, and they was married hard and fast you bet!
Why, I woz with him in 'Frisco when he bought that A1 prize bonnet for ye for $75, and not hevin' over $50 in his pocket, borryed the other $25 outer me. Mebbe it was a little fancy for a bonnet; but I allers thought he took it a little too much to heart when you swopped it off for that Dollar Varden dress, just because that Lawyer Maxwell said the Dollar Vardens was becomin' to ye.
"Wot woz 'e like?" "Tall, shadowy." "An' you really believes it?" "Yus. I 'ave proof " "I see. I, I s'pose 'e could give you anything you asked 'im for?" "Within reason." "Then," whispered ironically, "ask 'im next time to give me a soft Blighty an' a drop of toddy, an', oh, some bloomin' fags." "Can't be done, for something will 'appen to me to-morrow."
I'm a sober man, not a temperance man!" "Ay! We'd a parzon in these 'ere parts as was temp'rance, but 'e took 'is zpirits different like! 'E zkorned 'is glass, but 'e loved 'is gel! Har ar ar! Ivir 'eerd o' Parzon Arbroath as woz put out o' the Church for 'avin' a fav'rite?" "I saw something about it in the papers," said Helmsley. "Ay, 'twoz in the papers. Har ar ar! 'E woz a temp'rance man.
But she jest gave a little scream and start, and then went off inter hysterics, right on his buzzum, laughing and cryin' and sayin' that nothin' should part 'em. Gosh! if I didn't think he woz more cut up than she about it a minit it looked as ef he didn't allow to marry her arter all, but that passed, and they was married hard and fast you bet!
"Looks ez ef we woz goin' to travel three thousand miles to open up his d d old wilderness, and then pay for the increased valoo we give it don't it? Oh, yes, certainly!" was their ironical commentary.
You cleaned him out of two thousand dollars last night all he had." "Well?" said the gambler coldly. "Well, I thought as you woz a friend o' mine, I'd ask ye to let up a little on him," said Peg with an affected laugh. "You kin do it. Don't let him play with ye."
"They woz angels," said Florry, with a frightened glance over her shoulder. I grieve to say that Mr. Staples did not look as pleased at the celestial vision as he might have, and poor Mrs. Fraser probably saw that in her child's face which drove other things from her mind. Yet Mr. Staples persisted: "And who led you to this beautiful mountain? Was it Johnny?" "No." "Who then?"
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