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"There's not much danger of the fire spreading to the woods; but if it should," Hiram said, warningly, "it might, at this time of year, do your timber a couple of hundred dollars' worth of damage." "Goodness me!" exclaimed Mother Atterson. "It does seem ridiculous to hear you talk that a-way.
"'But let me savey about this, says Dan Boggs, who's allers a heap inquis'tive an' searchin' after knowledge; 'do you-all impose this onwonted sobriety as a penalty, or do you make the play meedic'nal? Meedic'nal, says Peets. 'In extreme cases, sobriety is plenty cooratif. "Does Enright bow to Doc Peets' demands about no whiskey that a-way?
"'I never tells you-alls, he says, 'about how the Ratons gets afire mighty pecooliar, an' comes near a-roastin' of me up some, do I? It's this a-way: I'm pervadin' 'round one afternoon tryin' to compass a wild turkey, which thar's bands of 'em that Fall in the Ratons a-eatin' of the pinyon-nuts.
"'Tell that Decf Woman, says this yere Pinon Bill, 'that I has an even thousand dollars in my war-bags, when I stacks in her offspring ag'inst the camp to win; an' I deems it only squar' to divide the pot with the baby. The kid an' me's partners in the play that a-way, an' the enclosed is the kid's share. Saw this yere dinero off on her somehow; an' make her pull her freight.
The rest of us don't crowd 'round none to watch the play, don't hover over it that a-way, 'cause we ain't aimin' to acquire nothin' ourse'fs. "Jack has a heap of trouble an' worry. Never sees no smallpox do you? Folks locoed most usual, clean off up in the air an' pitchin' on their ropes. Of course the Yallerhouse gent has all he needs.
"'Nachers as would execute a pris'ner in cold blood, says Enright, 'is roode an' oncivilized. Which I don't mean they is low neither; but it's onconsiderate that a-way to go an' ca'mly kill a pris'ner, an' no co't nor committee authorizin' the same. I never knows of it bein' done but once. It's Mexicans who does it then; which is why they ain't none pop'lar with me since.
"Which we reads the foregoin' with onmixed pleasure, an' thar ain't a gent but who's plumb convinced that a newspaper, that a-way, is the bulwark of civilizations an' corner-stone of American institootions, which it's allowed to be by the voices of them ages.
"When 'Doby an' Billy first comes caperin' into Wolfville they's that thick an' friendly with each other, it's a shame to thieves. I recalls how their relations that a-way excites general admiration, an' Doc Peets even goes so far he calls 'em 'Jonathan an' David. Which Peets would have kept on callin' 'em 'Jonathan an' David' plumb through, but Billy gets hostile.
Son, we'll lay over a day a' break the village." "'Thar's no use tryin' to head off old Peg-laid. He's the most invet'rate sport that a-way, an' faro bank is his leadin' weakness. They even tells onct how this Peg-laig is in a small camp in Iowa an' is buckin' a crooked game. A pard sees him an' takes Peg-laig to task.
The girl, who had observed his lips attentively, seeking even to see inside his mouth, replied frankly: "Yes, I am de-light-ed that you have re-turned, that you are not go-ing a-way a-gain nev-er a-gain." Her father embraced her impetuously, and then in great haste, in order to make quite sure, he overwhelmed her with questions. "What is mamma's name?" "An-to-nia."
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