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And he prattled away of truth and soberness, so that the potion should have ample freedom for its work; till the planned and subtle mixture should have time to dethrone Hartigan's reason, blind his spirit, and unhinge his will. The ancient fury in his hot young blood was all too ready to be aroused.
I'll take him in hand and in three months I'll have him following me round with tears in his eyes, just begging me to get on his back, and go for a run." Who that knows the horse will doubt it? Hartigan's first aim was to convince the black colt that men were not cruel brutes, and that he, Hartigan, was the gentlest and kindest of them all.
"Sure, I didn't know there were so many people," was Hartigan's remark to Belle, as they rode on the morning of the fifteenth about the camp with its different kinds of life.
There were no human lives lost; nor any dwellings other than the hotel for there was a clear space around that fire-trap and there had been no wind but it was a valid baptism of fire. It resulted in the organization of a Volunteer Fire Brigade, and it also resulted in Hartigan's determination to erect a stable of his own, where he could have his horse under his eye, day and night.
Money as a power had not been listed in his mind, till a chance remark from Belle gave a wholly different trend to his thoughts. "Jim, if I had about a thousand dollars, I think I'd be tempted to risk it. I'd go to Deadwood and start a produce commission business there." That was all she said, and it was spoken lightly, but her words sank deep in Hartigan's mind.
It was Hartigan's nature always to see the humorous side of things, and his racy description of the big man with the knife, down on his knees with one eye on the door and the other on the Preacher, was irresistible, much funnier than the real thing. It gave her a genuine thrill, a woman's pleasure in his splendid physical strength.
It was not so bad as he had expected it to be and the crowd roared at the expression on his face. "Ye're a man for yourself now, lad," said a woodsman clapping him on the shoulder. "Come boys, another round to Hartigan's health." It could not be said of Jim that he was normal in anything.
We'll get over two thousand dollars in commissions anyhow." But Hannah was not content. She went over every item and presently she came on Hartigan's five hundred, offered two to one. "Humph!" she said, "does Belle know about this insurance business?" "I don't know," said John uneasily. "She ought to know."
They were much taken aback to receive from him a flat refusal to enter or to let any one else enter Blazing Star for a race. In vain they held out great inducements, possibilities of a huge fortune, certainly of a big lump sum down in advance, or almost any price he chose to ask for Blazing Star. Hartigan's reply was an emphatic "No." And that was the end of it.
The bright-eyed boy from the mountain top yes, the same came forward and, holding the pony's head, began crooning a little song. The pony rubbed his nose against him, recovered his calm, and thanks to Hartigan's help for he had volunteered eagerly to lend a hand the operation progressed without mishap.
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