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The latter's offer of nine dollars, however, interested Wingle. He decided to have a bit of fun with the tall one. He cared nothing for the money, but wondered why Sundown had offered nine dollars instead of ten. "What you been eatin'?" he queried as Sundown made his bid. "Goin' courtin'?" "Nope," replied the lean one. "Goin' east." "Huh! Expect to ride all the way in them chaps?" "Nope!
I wisht I could dance all the dances there'll be in your life with you.... Come on. This here's a quadrille." Pliny Pickett, self-appointed caller of square dances, was arranging the floor. "One more couple wanted to this end," he bellowed. "Here's two couples a-waitin'. Don't hang back. Music's a-waitin'.... Right there. All ready?... Nope. One couple needed in the middle."
" to most folks," continued the rotund sheriff. "But I've heard said he'd do anything for a man he liked. Trouble with him was he didn't like anybody." "Mebby he didn't," said Pete indifferently. "Because he couldn't trust anybody. Ever eat ice-cream?" "Who me?" The sheriff smiled and nodded. "Nope. Ma Bailey made some onct, but " "Let's go out and get some.
And Pete knew that the speech was intended for his ear. "Nope. Four!" said Malvey positively. Pete leaned his elbow on the bar and watched them. Malvey was obviously acting his part, but The Spider's attitude seemed sincere. "Pete," he called, "Malvey says there are four riders drifting in from the north. I make it three."
"Come back to the shanty," she said. "Ye be here too long." "I can't. I must go home, Tessibel.... I could hardly get away as it was. Oh, Tess, isn't he beautiful?... Don't you think the mark will soon go away? What makes him open his mouth so much? Possibly the sugar rag is too large." "Nope, 'tain't that. He be tired, and that air what makes him gape like that. Wait until he gets some bigness.
He muttered impatiently, and Ned heard his chum say: "I thought sure I put it in here." Then ensued a further search, and presently Tom came out, his face wearing rather a puzzled and worried look, and he asked: "Say, Abe, I didn't give that map back to you; did I?" "Nope," answered the miner. "I ain't seen it since just before th' hail storm. We was lookin' at it then."
He went down to the store, where the Miners' Meeting was assembled, and beckoned Bunker aside. "Mr. Hill," he said, "you promised me one time to give me the loan of a gun. Well, now is the time I need it." "Nope," warned Bunker, "you ain't got a chance. Them fellers are just up here to get you." "Well, for self-defense!" protested Denver, "Dave sent word he'd kill me."
"Well, how did you make it?" he called. Winthrop came forward wearily "No luck at all." "Couldn't find it, eh?" "I counted every tie between the tank and that little ditch under the track. The entire stretch has been relaid with new ties." Overland whistled. Then he grinned. "You had a good healthy walk, anyhow," he observed. "It doesn't seem to worry you much," said Winthrop. "Nope.
"Nope; but I see a hook a whirlin' in the air into the good land, a whirlin' and a whirlin' after ye. I see it a stealin' on ye in the night when ye think ye're safe. I see the sharp p'int of it a stickin' into yer soft flesh " "Don't, don't!" pleaded Flea in a smothered voice. "Ye said as how I were goin' with Flukey to a good land down behind the college hill."
He hated to lose Piney and take up the gloomy, rainy evening alone on this little, high, remote place in the Missouri hills. "See you again some day, then," Piney promised in final farewell. "I'm up an' daown the Ridge rat frequent, I'll run 'crosst you." "Well now, I should hope so," cried Bruce cordially. "Don't you ever come to Canaan?" "Nope. Hate a taown!
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