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Toler'ble lazy an' triflin', an' mightily gi'n over ter moonin' over a readin'-book he hev got. That thar mill war a-grindin' o' nuthin' at all more'n haffen ter-day, through me bein' a-nap-pin', and Lee-yander plumb demented by his book so ez he furgot ter pour enny grist inter the hopper.

"It knocked the senses out'n me fur a while, I reckon," he said to himself. "But I hev toler'ble luck now, sure ez shootin', kase I mought hev drapped over this ledge, an' then I'd hev been gone fur sartain sure!" His exultation was short-lived. What was this limp thing hanging to his shoulder? and what was this thrill of pain darting through it? He looked at it in amazement.

"Diddie, I don't b'lieve I'm rael sorry we runned off, an' I don't right 'pent 'bout wadin' in the ditch, cause we had er mighty heap er fun; an' yer reckon ef I'm jes sorter sorry, an' jes toler'ble 'pent, that'll do?" "I don't know about that," said Diddie; "but I'm right sorry, and I'll tell papa fur all of us." The children went at once to the library, where Major Waldron was found reading.

I reckon I mus' hev made consider'ble racket in thar, 'kase I never hearn nuthin' till I sot down afore the fire on a log o' wood, an' lit my pipe. All of a suddenty thar kem a step outside, toler'ble light on the tan. I jes' 'lowed 't war ye or Birt. But I happened ter look up, an' thar I see a couple o' big black eyes peepin' through that thar crack in the wall."

"I'm pretty toler'ble, thank you. What was the matter, Mr. Bangs? Why didn't you come in? Do you usually make your calls round the corner?" The gentleman addressed seemed unable to reply. The schoolmistress came to the rescue. "You mustn't blame Mr. Bangs, Mrs. Beasley," she explained. "He wasn't responsible for what happened at Captain Whittaker's. He is the gentleman who drove me over here.

If you want to be civilized, you got to lasso other people's thoughts people as has went to and fro and has learned life and you got to dehorn them ideas, and tame 'em." Lahoma examined him with new interest. "Are YOU civilized?" Her countenance fell. "Not to no wide extent, but I can ford toler'ble deep streams that would drown you, honey.

"Yes, yes; but run along, bub. I mought fall off'n this hyar place, I'm gittin' stiff sittin' still so long, or the wind mought blow me off. The wind is blowin' toler'ble brief." "Gobbler or hen?" asked George Birt eagerly. "It air a hen," said Ethan. "But look-a-hyar, George, I'm a-waitin' on ye, an' ef I'd fall off'n this hyar place, I'd be ez dead ez a door-nail in a minute."

An' he tuk off his hat an' say, 'Thank the Lord, this will heal the breach an' make ye frien's! An' I say, 'Edzacly, pa'son, ef it air Abs'lom's deathbed; but them Kittredges air so smilin' an' deceiv-in' I be powerful feared he'll cheat the King o' Terrors himself. I'll forgive 'em ennything over his grave?" "Pa'son war tuk toler'ble suddint in his temper," said the literal Steve.

"Yes, and so would a railroad clean from the Missouri to the Pacific," agreed the Frémonter. "That will come, too, in time; and to go to California will be as easy as to go to Washington or New York." "Looks as though a toler'ble lot more passengers were comin' aboard, don't it?" remarked the Arkansan, staring fixedly at the beach. "Yes, sir; and overlanders, too!" exclaimed Mr.

"'Gosh! he says, after a spell; 'I b'lieve I'm kind of gettin' the hang of the craft. "'Course you are, says Bradbury. 'I told Oh! "He straightens up, grabs at his vest, and slumps down against the back of the seat. "'What IS it? screams the widow. 'Oh, what IS it, Mr. Bradbury? "He answers, plucky, but toler'ble faintlike. My heart! he gasps.

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