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I never viewed the man's beastis, ye'll bear me witness, Con." "Me?" said Con, with a laugh. "I dunno nuthin' 'bout yer doin's. Whar's Mr. Sneed's horse?" "Never seen him, never laid eyes on him! How folks kin hev the heart ter 'cuse me of sech doin's ez I never done!" he lifted his eyes as if appealing to heaven. "The killin' 's the wust; an' Mr.
"You can fight, but not within the limits of the camp. The duel must take place outside." "Who is this consarned critter that says I've insulted him?" "Mr. Dunnerwust." "Wal, ef he wants to fight me, he'll find he never dun er wust thing." Frank staggered and clutched at his heart. "Don't!" he gasped. "I'm not particularly weak, but I'm not strong enough to stand many of those."
"She had not been here long, but she had a good following. She has temperament." "Has she?" Uncle William looked after her a little quizzically. "Makes 'em stand around does she? You can't ever tell about temper. Sometimes it's the quietest ones has the wust. But she makes 'em work good. You can see that." "Yes, she makes them work." The old gentleman smiled upon him kindly and patronizingly.
"I certainly do." "Why, yer'll kill yer team, smash ther old box, and crush yerself to atoms." "I believe I can drive the road at night," was the firm response. "It's ther wust piece of road on ther whole Overland Trail." "It is a bad one, but I will depend upon my team mainly and risk it." "Why do you do it?" "I have an idea that it will be safer." "How so?"
Her one idea in life was gettin' folks to sign the pledge. She married Tim Blodgett, who was the wust soak in the county he'd have figgered out, if you analyzed him, about like a bottle of patent medicine, seventy-two per cent alcohol. Well, Pashy married him to reform him, and she made her brags that she'd get him to sign the pledge.
That minds me, doggie," he added, glancing slowly round him, "that we must look after prokoorin' of our supper. I do believe we've bin an' slep away a whole day! Well, well, it don't much matter, seein' that we hain't got no dooty for to do no trick at the wheel, no greasin' the masts wust of all, no splicin' the main brace, and no grub."
But Ralph and Elsie and Mrs. Snow were hungry for more tales, and Captain Davis obligingly told them. "One of the wust wrecks we ever had off here," he said, "was the Bluebell, British ship, she was: from Singapore, bound to Boston, and loaded with hemp. We see her about off that p'int there, jest at dusk, and she was makin' heavy weather then.
She tossed her head in the direction of the open door, and I wondered if the fine folks were outside. "Oh, ay," said Tom, "they was comin' this way, from the Carolinys. Jim Ray went out to look for a deer, and found 'em off 'n the trail. By the etarnal, they WAS tuckered. HE was the wust, Jim said, lyin' down on a bed of laurels she and the niggers made. She has sperrit, that woman.
He paused, watched my expression, and then continued quizzically: "I reckon you wouldn't be in no great hurry to do that." "No! Then, if I stirred the mash and sampled their liquor, nobody would be likely to mistreat me?" "Shucks! Why, man, whut could they gain by hurtin' you? At the wust, s'posin' they was convicted by your own evidence, they'd only git a month or two in the pen.
"But yuh said that yuh wanted to meet up with George Stromway the wust kind," continued the man, kindly; "in the mawnin' I'll start yuh right. P'raps one o' his kids might be 'round tuh take yuh through the woods, and 'round the swamps, foh it's ticklish travelin' with a stranger, sah." "We have some good news for George," admitted the boy. "Well, now, I'm glad tuh hyah that same.
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