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"What's that youse say?" he demanded. "I said, could you change me a hundred-dollar bill?" "Where'd youse get it?" he inquired incredulously. "Never mind," said Jurgis; "I've got it, and I want it changed. I'll pay you if you'll do it." The other stared at him hard. "Lemme see it," he said. "Will you change it?" Jurgis demanded, gripping it tightly in his pocket.
Why, of course! Didn't have nothin' that amounts to nothin' to stay for anyhow. See you to-morrer, Cy." Outside and at the gate they stopped and looked at each other. "Well!" exclaimed Asaph. "If that ain't the strangest thing! Who was that feller? Where'd he come from? Did you notice how Cy acted? Seemed to be holdin' himself in by main strength." "Did you smell the rum on him?" returned Bailey.
He drew her back to him. "Time for what? You don't suppose I'm going to leave you now?" "If I missed my train where'd I go?" "Where are you going if you catch it?" She stood silent, her hands lying cold and relaxed in his. "What's the good of either of us going anywheres without the other one now?" he said. She remained motionless, as if she had not heard him.
She was pinning on her little crêpe-edged veil over her decently black hat, and paused now to dab up under it at a tear. "I'd 'a' expected poor old Blutch to do as much for me." "He would! He would! Many's the pal he buried." "I hate, Annie, like anything to see you actin' up like this. You ain't fit to walk out of this hotel on your own hook. Where'd you get that hand-me-down?"
"Have you been trying to swim?" laughed Prudy, going up and stroking her forehead. "Prudy Parlin, why didn't you come up here before?" was the sudden response. "I called you and called you. Where'd you put my clo'es?" "Why, Dotty, dear, I didn't know you were in the house; and I never touched your clothes." "Yes, you did. I can't find the key. I'm going to freeze. You don't care.
"Well, well, well!" said the other, and again they dealt each other smart blows. "Where'd you turn up from?" demanded Cousin Egbert. "Europe," said the other. "We been all over Europe and Italy just come from some place up over the divide where they talk Dutch, the Madam and the two girls and me, with the Reverend Timmins and his wife riding line on us.
Brown is my assistant," explained Mr. Harriwell. "And now let's have that drink." "But where'd he get that Snider?" Mr. Brown insisted. "I always objected to keeping those guns on the premises." "They're still there," Mr. Harriwell said, with a show of heat. Mr. Brown smiled incredulously. "Come along and see," said the manager. Bertie joined the procession into the office, where Mr.
What if it should come calm and you ain't got him talked over and they should take the boat and row over to the mainland? Where'd you and your check be if he gets to the bank first? You listen to my advice and grab in there or we might just as well never have got up that complicated plot to get even with the old son of a seco."
Again he laughed, soundlessly. "If ye go into hit so expensive, ye gotter have the plant to do a big business, 'n where'd ye get that? 'N ye'd have to get mo' co'n 'n you 'n me c'n make ourselves, 'n that'd mean ye gotter buy hit, or rent mo' lan' 'n hire niggers to work hit, 'n how'd ye pay fo' that?" Bud listened gloomily, chewing the side of his finger.
"Well, I hadn't any more'n got to our front gate when I heard some one running in the road up there behind me. 'Fore I knowed what was happenin', bang went a gun. I almost jumped out'n my boots. I lept behind that big locus' tree in front of our house and listened. The runnin' had stopped. The hosses was rarin' an' tearin' so I thought I'd " "Where'd the shot come from?" demanded Jones.
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