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Updated: June 21, 2025
I want to get the Judge's opinion of the matter." "Go ahead. I'm much interested," said Enoch. "By Brown, I mean the fellow that owns the newspapers. When my brother and Fowler were in law together " "You should make an explanation right there," interrupted Mack. "You said all lawyers was crooks." "My brother Harry was straight and I've just given my opinion of Smith here.
"Of course.... in union there is strength. These crooks will hesitate to fight two hundred leading citizens; if they know them all they can't pick out a few for persecution." "Well, I'll go along," said Brannan. "Eh, what's that? What's happened now?" The Monumental engine bell was tolling violently. Coleman listened. "Its not a fire," he declared, "it's the Vigilante signal. We'll wait here."
In the evening he caused another horse to be killed, and a canoe to be made out of the skin, in which he sent over a further supply of meat to the opposite party. The canoe brought back John Day, the Kentucky hunter, who came to join his former employer and commander, Mr. Crooks.
But nowadays, I don't go into the rough stuff too old and fat." "Of course not, sir. You've done your bit. Nobody on your side has been at closer quarters with the big crooks, or heard their guns oftener." "That's true." Mr. Ganns held up his left hand, which was deformed and had lost the third and little finger. "The last shot that Billy Benyon ever fired. A great man Billy.
"I am going this moment to the Fur Company's quarters to send young Monsieur Crooks after you." At that Jenieve fled along the beach and took to the bushes. As she ran, weeping aloud like a child, she watched the lessening schooner; and it seemed a monstrous thing, out of nature, that her mother was on that little ship, fleeing from her, with a thoughtless face set smiling towards a new world.
I wondered, as I sat ruminating, whether these two men were really "crooks"; and so deep-rooted were my suspicions that I decided, when the Count returned, to drop him a hint that we were being watched. I am not nervous by any means, and, moreover, I always carry for my own protection a handy little revolver.
Be fun to take in a show, but why the deuce do you want to see those darn foreign plays, given by a lot of amateurs? Why don't you wait for a regular play, later on? There's going to be some corkers coming: 'Lottie of Two-Gun Rancho, and 'Cops and Crooks' real Broadway stuff, with the New York casts. What's this junk you want to see? Hm. 'How He Lied to Her Husband. That doesn't listen so bad.
He bought a good lease and was wise enough to get somebody to make a well for him " "Those crooks! Those wildcatters!" "Now, he proposes to develop his acreage as rapidly as possible. Nothing strange about that, is there?" "Is he sore at you?" "We didn't get along very well in France." "Humph! I suppose that means you fought like hell. And now he's getting even.
But that waiter was an important link in my chain of protection of the hotel against crooks. He was there to listen and to tip me off, which he did between orders. "There wasn't much that he overheard, but what there was of it was so suspicious that I did not hesitate to conclude that the fellow was an undesirable guest.
"Skinner was my sister's butler in London." "In a way of speaking," said Jimmy, "that is correct. It's rather a long story. It was this way, you see. . . ." Miss Trimble uttered an ejaculation of supreme contempt. "I n'ver saw such a lot of babbl'ng crooks in m' life! 't beats me what y' hope to get pulling this stuff. Say!" She indicated Mr. Crocker.
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