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De way he put it, he wants all of his'n 'fore he starts. But me, Ise willin' to wait fur de bes' part of mine anyhow. So dat's how it stands, Mist' Rosen, an' 'scusin' you an' me an' dis yere white man an' your frien' in Memphis, dey ain't nary pusson gwine know nothin' 'bout it a-tall, 'ceptin' mebbe hit's de lion.
I can't say as how I see much o' the fracas, 'ceptin' the dust, but when thet long-legged Lane jerked out a pearl-handled pop-gun I jist naturally rapped him over the knuckles with my '45. an' then tossed him over inter the bunch. Say, thet beat any three-ringed circus ever I see.
I loves babies more'n anything else in the world, 'ceptin' only grandpap; they're so purty an' sweet an' helpless-like, thet I reckon the Lord loves 'em powerful, an' the' haint nothin' finer then takin' keer of 'em."
Cap'n Abe come here twenty-odd year back and opened this store. He's as salt as though he'd been a haddocker since he was weaned. But he's always stuck mighty close inshore. Nobody ever seen him in a boat 'ceptin' out in a dory fishin' for tomcod in the bay, and on a mighty ca'm day at that." "How does it come that he is called captain, then?"
He leaned back in his chair and said: "I know another riddle. When is Mun Bun not Mun Bun?" "He's always Mun Bun, 'ceptin' when Mother calls him Munroe Ford Bunker, when he's got himself all dirt," said Vi. "I don't call that a riddle." "It is a riddle," insisted Laddie. "When is Mun Bun not Mun Bun?" "Is it when he's asleep?" asked Russ, taking a guess just to please his small brother. "Nope!
One of these was small, being little larger than a box-room, but to Mavis's eyes it presented the supreme advantage of being untenanted by any other patient. "We'd better 'ave most of the furniture out, 'ceptin' the bed and washstand," declared Mrs Gowler. "But where am I to keep my things?" asked Mavis. "Can't you 'ave your box jes' outside the door?
Well, I dunno where they went, 'ceptin' they struck out along the Billy Rodman trail," said the storekeeper. "Abe took his regular outfit, I reckon," remarked Tom Dillon. "Sure he never goes up in the mountains without it, Tom; you know that." "And the three were alone?" "I didn't see nobody else." "Can you put us up for the night, Dick?" "I can if the young fellers will sleep in one room.
Thur ain't a big show o' vittlin' hyur, 'ceptin' we chaw donnicks. But thur's another way, ef they only hev the gumshin to go about it, that'll git us sooner than starvin'. Ha!" ejaculated the speaker, with emphasis. "I thort so. Thur a-gwine to smoke us. Look 'ee yander!" I looked forth. At a distance I saw several Indians coming in the direction of the cave, carrying large bundles of brushwood.
"Wall, I left the leetle gal ersettin' on the rock, an' runned es fast es ever I could down stream ter the rapids. Her folks warn't nowhar ter be seen, but I found part of thar canoeboat, smashed ter splinters, an' I guessed the rest." He paused, and smoked steadily for some time before continuing. "In course the baby couldn't tell us much, 'ceptin' thet her name war Rose.
"By de great gorramity!" muttered Snowball, "a doan't b'lieb one ob dem's leff 'board dat boat, 'ceptin de ole 'kipper himseff; an ob him dar am nuffin leff cep'n de body. Dat man's intlek am clar gone. He am ravin' mad!" "You're right, Snowy," assented the sailor; "there be ne'er a one there but himself. At all events they ain't all there. I can tell by the way the gig sits up out o' the water.
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