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Updated: June 13, 2025
But arter dese white folks is done fussin' and beatin' de cullud folks, I don't want 'em to come talking religion to me. We used to hab on our place a real Guinea man, an' once he made ole Marse mad, an' he had him whipped.
I will do my best, but I may fail; Miss Vancourt may not read my letter, or if she does, she may not be disposed to attend to it; it is best that all ways and means should be, tried, " He broke off, but his eyes met Bainton's in a mutual flash of understanding. "You're a straight man, Passon, and no mistake," observed Bainton with a slow smile; "No beatin' about the bush in the likes o' you!
"I'm telling you, sir. The lady's in that other car with that other edition of you. And, sir beggin' your pardon they're beatin' it like hell!" Benton's only answer was to feed gas to the spark so frantically that the car seemed to rise from the ground and shiver before it settled again. Then it shot forward and reeled crazily into a speed never intended for a curving road at night.
Which jest the same these children of nacher don't like the idee of downin' your parent none, an' it's apparent Bloojacket's already half exiled. "As he stands thar roominatin, with the hot August sun beatin' down, thar's a atmosphere of sadness to go with Bloojacket. But you-all would have to guess at it; his countenance is as ca'm as on that murderin' evenin' in the half-breed's restauraw.
'Oh, it's thet man again! said the lady, snorting and tossing her head. 'Not 'Arry? asked Liza, in surprise. 'Not 'Arry 'oo is it if it ain't 'Arry? The villin! 'Wot's 'e been doin', then? asked Liza again. 'Beatin' 'er, that's wot 'e's been doin'! Oh, the villin, 'e oughter be ashimed of 'isself 'e ought! 'I didn't know 'e was like that! said Liza. 'Didn't yer?
An' with th' missionaries we sint sharpshooters that cud pick off a Chinyman beatin' th' conthribution box at five hundherd yards. We put up palashal goluf-coorses in the cimitries an' what was wanst th' tomb iv Hung Chang, th' gr-reat Tartar Impror, rose to th' dignity iv bein' th' bunker guardin' th' fifth green.
"Quick wi' 'is 'ands 'e may be, an' able to give a goodish thump, but as for beatin' me it's 'all me eye an' Betty Martin, an' you can lay to that, my lads. I could put 'im to sleep any time an' anywhere, an' I'd like ah! I'd like to see the chap as says contrairy!" "I'd like," repeated Cragg, "ah! I'd like to see the cove as says contrairy."
Everybody's beatin' it for the place; but, at that, old Dainey comes out of it all right, an' goes crazy with joy 'cause some guy offers him twenty-five thousand bucks for his claim, an' throws in the expenses home for good luck. He gets the money in cash, twenty-five one-thousand-dollar bills, an' the chicken feed for the expenses, an' starts for back here an' the old woman.
The Padre propped himself against the bar, and his eyes suddenly rested on an ugly stain on the sand floor. Beasley followed his glance, and beheld the pool of blood which had flowed from the Kid's wound. He cursed himself for not having obliterated it. Then, in a moment, he decided to carry the matter with a high hand. "Psha'! What's the use'n beatin' around!" he said half-defiantly.
"I got to squat too much to get my camera fixed right." He assumed various solemn poses, to be interpreted as those of a photographer studying his subject. "No," he said finally; "it won't take good that way." "My gootness!" Herman exclaimed. "When we goin' begin 'at beatin'?" "Here!" Apparently Penrod had solved a weighty problem.
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