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"Well," he went on, "just as I came beyont that ring on this side and dips down toward the draw where Jean come from when he was aimin' to hang a certain curly brown-haired scalp " A thrill of horror went through me at the picture. "Ye needn't shiver. Injuns do that; even little golden curls from babies' heads. You an' me may live to see it, an' kill the Injun that does it, yit. Now kape quiet.
Stewart smiling with would-be fascinating coyness. The smile would have been somewhat less complacent could she have heard old Jerome's comment as he placed upon the pantry shelf the fingerbowls which he had just removed from the table. "Yas, yas, dat's it. Yo' needn't 'nounce it. We knows pintedly what yo's aimin' ter do, an' may de Lawd have mussy 'pon us if yo' succeeds.
He never hailed us, ner nuthin'; just clim over inter the boat, an' lay down. 'Whar ye aimin' ter go, friend? ses I, but by then the cove wus dead asleep. I shook him, an' kicked him, but it wa'n't no use; so we just left him lie thar fer Manuel ter say whut wus ter be done with him. Only Jose he went thru his pockets, an' found three bottles o' rum.
Yo'-all ready fo' me to go along out o' here?" "Yes drive fast, George!" urged Betty. "It's right dark fo' fas' drivin' Missy, with the road jes' aimin' fo' to bus' yo' springs with chuckholes!" He had turned his horses' heads in the direction of Raleigh while he was speaking. "It's scandalous black in these heah woods, Missy I 'clar' I never seen it no blacker!"
I've been puttin' it off, but it's got to the point where it can't be put off any longer. I got a letter from her doctor the other day, an' he says that she can't last a heap longer. So I'm goin'." "That's too bad," sympathized Ruth. "You ought to go, and go quickly." "I'm aimin' to, ma'am. But I've got to tell you somethin' before I go. Me an' your uncle was pretty thick; he trusted me a heap."
A week later, as they sat at table asking one another whether Ma Bailey had took to makin' pies ag'in jest for practice or for Pete, and plaguing that good woman considerably with their good-natured banter, it occurred to Bill Haskins to ask Pete if he were going to become a permanent member of the family or if he were simply visiting; only Bill said, "Are you aimin' to throw in with us or are you goin' to curl your tail and drift, when the snow flies?"
Whereupon the cold circle left Casey's medulla oblongata and a long-faced, long-legged youth stepped somewhat hastily to one side. "Paw, you ol' fool, you, get your finger off'n that trigger whilst you're aimin' at me!" he exclaimed pettishly. "I wa'n't aimin' at you. I was aimin' at this 'ere " Casey heard himself called many names, any one of which was good for a fight when Casey was free.
Whaley had anticipated that and was there before her. His narrowed, covetous eyes held her while one hand behind his back slid the bolt into place. "Let me out!" she cried. "Be reasonable. I'm not aimin' to hurt you." "Stand aside and let me through." He managed another insinuating laugh. "Have some sense. Quit ridin' that high horse and listen while I talk to you."
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.
Lance pushed among the dogs, kicking and cuffing them out of his way, and sounded the tree with the back of a hatchet. "Ah 'low hit's gone all the way up," he cried. "Well, chop hit 'n fin' out!" returned his friends, impatiently. He began cutting a square and soon broke through the outer shell. "Gimme a glove, one o' you fellers," he cried. "Ah ain' aimin' to have a finger chewed off this time."
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