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Updated: June 29, 2025
They was both settin' out in the sun on that log right by the trail as you go in to the cabin and they'd washed their hair and had it all down their backs dryin' it. And the girl was cleanin' the old maid's finger nails for her! I come purty near astin' the old maid if she had to have somebody wash her face for her too.
"On your way, now, on your way!" says I; gazin' haughty over the brass gate. "No window cleanin' done here durin' office hours!" "But," says the specimen on the other side, "I I didn't come to clean the windows." "Eh?" says I, sizin' up the blue flannel shirt, the old leather belt, and other marks of them pail and sponge artists.
You've got to hire somebody t' do it an' the' won't anybody do it better or fer less money 'n I will. I'm a-goin' to make a reg'lar business of cleanin' brasses all 'round this neighbourhood, an' if you'll stan' by me an' help me fix it all right with the other bosses 'bout here I'll see 't you don't lose anythin' by it." The janitor's fierce frown had slowly faded as the boy spoke.
Not that I wouldn't have got along without her, but I had more to do than a little, cleanin' and scrubbin' up. So Phoebe she come in, and Oh! yes, as I was sayin', she was out front with me, but the minute your carriage drove up with that lovely span AIN'T that a fine span! I cal'late they're " "What become of teacher?" broke in Bailey. "Why, she run off somewheres.
And then follered twelve palace officials, each bearin' a black tray that had four dishes of good food on it, and they took their places opposite the old men who set on one side of the table, some as they do in pictures of the Last Supper or some as we have some times in cleanin' house and things tore up and we all set on one side of the table.
"When I get Minty started to cleanin', I'll come down and beat." Miss Evelina made no response. She watched her brisk neighbour wearily, without interest, as she hurried about the yard, dragging mattresses into the sunlight, hanging musty bedding on the line, and carrying the worn curtains to the mountain of rubbish which the Piper had reared in front of the house.
"Do you know " Lute leaned against the clothes post and prepared to philosophize. "Do you know," he observed, "that I don't take no stock in cleanin' henhouses and such?" "Don't you? I'm surprised." "You're surprised 'cause you ain't thought it out. That's my way; I always think things out. Most folks are selfish. They want to do what they want to do, and they want others to want the same thing.
"Hev ye done got too damned good fer yore kin-folks, Samson South?" he shrilly demanded. "Hev ye done been follerin' atter this here puny witch-doctor twell ye can't keep a civil tongue in yer head fer yore elders? I'm in favor of runnin' this here furriner outen the country with tar an' feathers on him. Furthermore, I'm in favor of cleanin' out the Hollmans. I was jest a-sayin' ter Bill "
"And not once, Pedro Garcia," he went on, "do I keeck about thot-a horse is a horse! But I haf coom to you before! And I haf coom to you now! I must got a horse quick! And I bringin' thot horse back joost thee same as I'm gettin' thot horse in good condition better because everybody is knowin. I feed a horse better than you feed a horse and I'm cleanin' the horse once in a while, too!"
And he took up the gasping little chap, whose doll was, as ever, clasped fondly to his heart. "How'd you make it?" inquired Keno. "Has she gone for good?" "No, she's gone for water," answered the miner, ruefully. "She's set on cleanin' up the cabin. I'll bet when she's finished we'll have to pan the gravel mighty careful to find even a color of our once happy home."
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