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23554How so? 23554 That thar bar?"
23554What fur should I tell it--''t ai n''t mine?
23554Ye know that gal named Loralindy Byars?
23554Kinnicutt''s brow contracted angrily, and Crann broke into open wrath:"an''I ai n''t carin'', ye fool-- what d''ye interrupt fur like that?"
23554Then as the schemer remained silent he demanded, frowning darkly,"What''s Loralindy Byars got ter do with it?"
23554Why should the laggard inspiration come so late if it had come at all?
23554Would she dig up that box he treasured from whar he told her he he d buried it, arter he escaped from the attack o''the miners?
3024Air ye gittin''sick agin?
3024Air you the new rider whut''s goin''to preach up to Hazlan?
3024D''you say you''d been''convicted,''Eli?
3024Do n''t ye git tired axin''me thet question, Isom? 3024 Do n''t ye see the boy''s sick?
3024Hain''t ye goin'', Isom?
3024Isom goin''?
3024Kinder puny, hain''t ye, Isom?
3024Reckon you folks do n''t know I got the cirkit- rider to come over hyeh, do ye?
3024S''posin''Steve had a- killed Jass to keep him from killin''Rome, hev he got to be damned fer it jes the same? 3024 Seed the new preacher comm''''long today?"
3024Uncl''Gabe,he said with sudden passion,"whut ye reckon Rome''s a- doin''?"
3024Whut d''I tell ye, boys?
3024Whut ye mean, boy,he said, sharply,"reskin''the fever an''ager this way?
3024Wo n''t you come up and hear me?
3024Been makin''a blind fer Steve, hev ye?
3024Do you think I''m a idgit, Eli?"
3024Ef ye air honin''fer Rome, why do n''t ye rack out''n''go to him?
3024Goin''to shoot him in the back, too, air ye?
3024Hain''t thar no way out''n it-- no way?"
3024Hev he got to give up eternal life anyways?
3024Hev ye got any balls?"
3024Hev ye got victuals fer yer supper?"
3024How did Crump know that-- how did he know everything?
3024How''d ye happen to come up?"
3024Whar ye been?"
3024Whar''s yer belt, boy?
3024Whut''s the matter, boy?"
410An''who tol''you,says Harve,"that I said that word agin Nance an''YOU?"
410Did you say the preacher lived up thar?
410Do you really mean to climb up there?
410Is it going to live, doctor?
410Is thar a preacher anywhar aroun''hyeh?
410Say, podner,he said, with an unpleasant smile,"ye do n''t go up to Cracker''s Neck fer nothin'', do ye?"
410Whut fer?
410Whut?
410You ricollect, dad,says Jim,"her mammy?"
410You see that ledge just to the left? 410 An''Jeb waits another haffen hour an''Jeb says,Ortern''t I be killed?"
410An''atter jowerin''an''noratin''fer''bout two hours, what you reckon they said they aimed to do?
410Atter a while Rich says:"Harve,"says he,"who tol''you that I said that word agin you an''Nance?"
410But Polly Ann sot thar jes as though she did n''t know Jeb was a- comin'', an''Jeb stopped once an''says,"You hain''t got nothin''agin me, has ye?"
410Did I not know lovers who believed sacred to themselves, in the name of love, lips that had been given to many another without it?
410Did not every lover think his loved one exempt from the frailty that names other women?
410Do n''t you jes know he was a writin''''bout sech as HIM-- an''Rosie?
410Do you reckon thar''d be a single thing agin that leetle cuss ef he had to stan''up on Jedgment Day jes as he is now?
410Fer Abe Shivers-- you hain''t heerd tell o''ABE?
410He was a- gittin''the land so durned cheap that I reckon he jes hated to let hit go, an''he says, says he:"Well, hain''t the groun''rich?
410How would he?
410I might possibly make the jump he had made-- but how should I ever get back?
410Rosie?
410Without this love, what then?
410Wo n''t hit raise no tabaccy nur corn nur nothin''?"
410You''ve seed fellers a- whisperin''all over Hazlan on court day, hain''t ye?
10735Ah-- does anybody but you know about this ordah, parsing?
10735Ah-- when did Black Tom say that?
10735Ah-- where have you been?
10735Ai n''t you''shamed o''yo''self-- suh--?
10735Air you a good climber, Lieutenant Boggs?
10735Air you a- goin''to have me cashiered and shot, Lieutenant Boggs, fer violatin''the ticktacks of war?
10735As_ what_?
10735Captain Wells?
10735Captain, whar am I goin''to git ten men to face them Kanetuckians?
10735Dick,he said jocosely,"goin''to run away ag''in?"
10735Did n''t I tell you I was goin''to whoop you if you let Saty out?
10735Do n''t you know that I''ve got to_ impress_ that heifer accordin''to the rules an''regulations? 10735 Fer me?"
10735Flitter Bill Richmond, I had no idee o''disbandin''the Army of the Callahan, but do you know what I did aim to do?
10735Flitter Bill Richmond,he said, with great nonchalance,"I axe you-- do you prefer that I should disband the Army of the Callahan, or do you not?"
10735Forgive me? 10735 Have you an extra one of those-- those--""Billies?"
10735How do you want to fight?
10735I take it, Hence Sturgill, that you air laughin''at me?
10735Purveyor,he said,"Black Tom has just sent word that he''s a- comin''over hyeh this week-- have you heerd that, purveyor?"
10735Remember, Becky-- how can you expect forgiveness in another world, unless you forgive in this?
10735That you, Jim Skaggs?
10735That you, Jim?
10735That you, Tom Boggs?
10735Then he''s a- comin''to- day?
10735Uncle Billy,she said severely,"did n''t I tell you not to let Saty out?"
10735Wha-- wha-- what''s that?
10735What will them Kanetuckians do then? 10735 What''d I ever do to you?"
10735What? 10735 Why do n''t you go over to see your neighbor?"
10735Will you git up in church an''say before everybody that you knew I was_ good_ when you said I was bad-- that you lied about me?
10735Wo n''t you, Dave?
10735Wo n''t you?
10735You can tell the truth-- can''t ye-- to a dyin''woman?
10735You hear?
10735_ Dyin?_"Yes.
10735An''what kind of a report will I make to Jeff Davis, Gineral Richmond?
10735And then the child''s voice:"Has oo dot thum tandy?"
10735And to- day is not to- morrow?
10735And while the big man who came to the door was putting Satan into Dinnie''s arms, he said, sharply:"Who brought that yellow dog here?"
10735As soon as he could get over a fit of laughter and catch his breath, the colonel asked:"Do you know what he had in those saddle- pockets?"
10735Becky forgive me?
10735Bill gazed after the great captain in dazed wonder( was this the man who had come cringing to him only a few short weeks ago?)
10735But for lucky or unlucky coincidence, how could the prophet ever have gained name and fame on earth?
10735Day?"
10735Did n''t ye?"
10735Do n''t you know, Gineral Richmond?
10735Do you want a dying woman''s curse?"
10735Have you heerd that, purveyor?"
10735He would bark,"Howdy- do?"
10735I axe you-- have I said one word about that little matter_ to- day?_ Well, borrow not from yestiddy nor to- morrow, to make trouble fer to- day.
10735Then why did n''t you git over hyeh_ this_ mornin''?"
10735Whar-- I axe you-- air we to git somethin''to eat fer my command?"
10735What could have happened?
10735What did these blanked"furriners"have against them anyhow?
10735When Uncle Carey first heard that name, he asked gravely:"Why, Dinnie, where in h----,"Uncle Carey gulped slightly,"did you get him?"
10735Wo n''t you forgive her and leave peace behind you?
10735Wo n''t you-- won''t you?"
10735You tuk him by lyin''''bout me-- didn''t ye?
10735_ Captured In detail_, suh?
10735said the old butler,"keepin''me from ketchin''Christmas gifts dis day?"
20292Ai n''t he goin''to pull through?
20292Air ye goin''to fight me?
20292Air you the cussin''est boy on Viper?
20292Alone?
20292And Ham and King were n''t there-- where do you suppose they are?
20292And yet you think dancing wrong?
20292Been spendin''any money?
20292But if he crows over ye atterwards-- whut''ll you do then?
20292But what has the fellow got against me?
20292But why do I need a gun?
20292Did ye lose yo''gal, too?
20292Do n''t you like it?
20292Do they still have moonshining and feuds and all that yet?
20292Do you mean to say that you''ve been doing this work for over a week? 20292 Do you suppose they are_ really_ friends now?"
20292Doc, this is Christmas, ai n''t it?
20292Doc, you''re shore, air ye, that nobody knows who done it?
20292Go on back to work, Willie,she was about to say, but the Angel had gone a- dreaming and his face was sad, and she said instead:"What is it, Willie?"
20292Going down to the dance?
20292How about all them churches you been buildin''all over them mountains-- air they self- sustainin''?
20292How are you getting along?
20292How did James Henry know?
20292How''d you do it?
20292How''re yo''folks, judge?
20292How''s it goin''?
20292How''s this, Ephraim?
20292Is-- is Red King Camp-- how long was his sentence?
20292Jeems Henery is a sly un-- ain''t you, Jeems Henery?
20292Jeems Henery, air you the bigges''liar on Viper?
20292Jeems Henery, air you the gamblin''est boy on Viper?
20292Jeems Henery, who was the gamblin''est, cussin''est, lyin''est boy on Viper?
20292Jest a square, stand- up and knock- down fight?
20292Jim, what in blue hell do you want that office fer?
20292Jim, what message shall I give your wife?
20292Look here, doc,he said,"when you goin''to take this rag off o''my eyes?
20292Ner bite?
20292Ner gouge?
20292Pleasant,said Miss Mary,"you drink moonshine, do n''t you?"
20292Seconds-- whut do we do?
20292So this is Chris''s mother?
20292So you thought Red King was my father,she said,"and that he was in the penitentiary?"
20292Stirrin''--how''re you, Jim?
20292The first two o''clock?
20292Then why did n''t you want me to come?
20292They are n''t fighting again?
20292They ca n''t even_ wrassle_?
20292They ca n''t kick?
20292To sen''fer_ me_?
20292Very well,he said, and, not knowing women, he asked:"Why did n''t you say''Yes''the first time?"
20292Well, Willie, if this is more than I can handle, do n''t you think you''d better not go home but stay here and help me with James Henry?
20292Well, now, that''s clever of ye,he said, thrusting out his hand,"I reckon you air the proprietor-- how''s the Pope?"
20292Whad''I owe ye?
20292Whar you takin''me?
20292Whar''s the Pope?
20292What do you mean by''gouge''?
20292What do_ you_ think I''d better do?
20292What is it, dear?
20292What on earth are they doing up there?
20292What''s the matter, Pleasant?
20292When?
20292Which one you goin''to wash off?
20292Who finished you, Jim-- who''d you say finished you?
20292Who stopped all these young uns o''Miss Hildy''s from cussin''an''gamblin''?
20292Who stopped gamblin'', cussin'', an''lyin''?
20292Who''s goin''home with_ that_ gal?
20292Whur''d they learn to fight this way?
20292Whut d''you s''pose she means?
20292Whut they fightin''about?
20292Whut you goin''to do about it?
20292Whut you mean, Jim?
20292Why do n''t you take''em all off, doc? 20292 Why, doc,"he said very slowly,"you-- don''t-- really-- mean-- to-- say-- that the old--"his voice dropped to a whisper,"has finished me this time?"
20292Why, mammy, whut the-- whut are you doin''up hyeh?
20292Why, where are you going?
20292Why-- why did you say all that about your poor little brother?
20292Will they fight this way?
20292Will you fight fair?
20292Willie,she asked warily,"when did_ you_ stop lying?"
20292Wo n''t she come to see me?
20292Yes,repeated St. Hilda;"_ what_?"
20292You hain''t going to run?
20292You sometimes_ make_ it, do n''t you?
20292You were turned out of church once, were n''t you, for shooting up a meeting?
20292_ You_ have n''t had time?
20292A question came faintly from behind:"Do you know any of the Camps?"
20292Ah, he was beginning to understand; but why did Juno not want him to come for five years?
20292An''"--he paused--"you know ole Bill Maddox cut me out an''married Sally Ann Spurlock-- how many children they got now, judge?"
20292And again he asked:"When?"
20292And then:"Doc, am I goin''shore?"
20292And you wo n''t shoot each other-- you wo n''t fight any more?"
20292At last:"Doc, d''you ever hear tell of a woman bein''hung?"
20292Both shook their heads instead, like maddened bulls, and even Lum looked amazed; he even spoke:"Whut''s the use o''fightin'', if they shakes hands?"
20292Ca n''t you hear''em yell?"
20292Has she gone back to Happy Valley?"
20292He rose to confess and he confessed a great deal; but, as many knew, not all-- who does?
20292He stood it as long as he could and then he asked:"Why do people on the other side of the mountain call you_ Red_ King Camp?"
20292How much d''I owe ye an''how do I git in hyeh?"
20292I got all my money from''em an''do you know what I''m goin''to do?"
20292I heerd Miss Hildy is away-- do you think you can manage the bad uns?"
20292I wish I had got there earlier-- what were they fighting about?"
20292Instead he burst out:"_ How_ do these people live this way?"
20292Now, where do you suppose they got moonshine?"
20292Pleasant laughed, and as they walked their separate ways the same question was in the minds of both:"Now, whut the hell did he mean by''silly''?"
20292The girl said nothing; that in itself would be another scandal, of course, but what was the difference what folks might say?
20292The next day Jay Dawn spoke with some embarrassment to him:"Have you got a gun?"
20292What was the difference?
20292What''s Willie been doing?"
20292What''s the matter?"
20292Who could Jim be?
20292Why had Juno not wanted him to see them?
20292Will you all be here?"
5306A chicken, ai n''t it?
5306Afraid of work, eh?
5306Ai n''t the grant in the pocket o''his coat-- whar ye left it hangin''on a peg in the shed?
5306Ai n''t ye''shamed o''this hyar hurrah ye hev kicked up fur nuthin''? 5306 Air ye goin''ter keep on bein''a liar, Birt, ez well ez a thief?"
5306Air you- uns all disabled somehows, ez ye ca n''t pick up chips an''bresh an''sech?
5306An''ef ye air, whyn''t ye go ter the tanyard arter me?
5306An''what hev gone with that thar grant? 5306 Andy Byers,"he exclaimed wrathfully,"what sort''n tale is this ez ye air tryin''ter fool me with?"
5306BONES?
5306Been skeered by old Mis''Price''s harnt lately?
5306Been skeered by old Mis''Price''s harnt lately?
5306D''ye s''pose I''d be a- stealin''of gold off''n somebody else''s land?
5306Did Nate gin ye a word fur me?
5306Did he say when he''lowed ter come back?
5306Did ye SEE him steal the grant, Andy?
5306Did ye hide it from yer MOTHER-- an''tell NATE GRIGGS?
5306Did ye hit Tennessee?
5306Do n''t everybody know a boy''s mother air bound ter take his part agin all the worl''?
5306Do you- uns hail from hyar- abouts?
5306Ef I tell ye, will ye promise never ter tell enny livin''human critter?
5306Fifty cents a day-- eh?
5306Hain''t Nate come yit?
5306Hain''t ye got no guess whar he be gone?
5306He air a toler''ble mean man, ai n''t he, Birt?
5306Hev I ever done ye harm?
5306Hev ye tuk root thar, Andy?
5306Hev you- uns hearn from Nate since he hev been gone away?
5306How did I know, Birt Dicey? 5306 How did you- uns reach up ter that thar peg?"
5306It warn''t Birt''s doin'', at all?
5306Kin I ask my mother?
5306Look- a- hyar, Rufe,he exclaimed, excitedly;"how d''ye know ennything''bout Nate''s grant an''whar''t war hid?"
5306Now, ai n''t ye lackin''fur head- stuffin'',he faltered,"a- steppin''along a deer- path ez nat''ral ez ef ye war a big fat buck?
5306Now, ai n''t ye lackin''fur head- stuffin''?
5306Pig- wigs fotched it home, eh?
5306Say, bub, how d''ye know the grant war ever put hyar?
5306This hyar land down the ravine do n''t b''long ter yer folkses-- who do it b''long ter?
5306Tom tole ye-- WHAT?
5306Waal, how did the grant git inter the pit, Rufe, an''what hev become of it?
5306Waal,said Nate, with difficulty repressing his impatience,"what air you- uns aimin''ter do?"
5306War it Nate Griggs ez ye war aimin''ter trade with ter take yer place wunst in a while in the tanyard?
5306War that Satan?
5306Whar be it?
5306Whar be the land?
5306Whar''bouts hev he gone?
5306Whar''s Birt, ennyhow?
5306Whar''s Nate?
5306Whar?
5306Whar?
5306What ailed ye, ter hide it from me? 5306 What ailed ye, ter hide it from me?"
5306What ails ye ter say that, Andy?
5306What ails ye, Andy?
5306What ails ye, ter''low ez it air ME ez hev got yer grant, Nate Griggs?
5306What air Rufe aimin''at, Andy?
5306What be ye a- layin''off fur me ter do?
5306What did Nate say?
5306What do it be, ef''tain''t gold?
5306What do you say to fifty cents a day?
5306What in the nation air inside o''that thar boy?
5306What war the word ez ye war layin''off ter say ter me?
5306What work be you- uns goin''ter do?
5306When did he git home?
5306When did he set out?
5306When will he come back?
5306Who put it thar, bub?
5306Who war it I tole, an''when?
5306Who? 5306 Why, it lays bout''n haffen mile off-- all down the ravine nigh that thar salt- lick; but look- a- hyar, Birt-- what ails ye?"
5306Why,said Tim, in surprise,"hain''t ye hearn bout''n Nate''s new land what he hev jes''got''entered''ez he calls it?
5306Whyn''t ye eat some o''the squir''l, Birt?
5306Ye ai n''t goin''ter do nuthin''ter Pig- wigs fur foolin''with yer pit, ef I tell ye?
5306Ye b''lieves, then, ez he stole that thar grant from Nate Griggs?
5306Ye knowed then, all the time, ez this stuff warn''t gold?
5306Ye mean ter say ef ye he d the bone an''muscle ye''d knock me down, do ye?
5306Ye''ll keep the secret?
5306Ye''lows ez I ai n''t doin''right by Birt?
5306And once-- why not again?
5306And yet did she understand?
5306At last he said slowly,"Birt tole ye''bout''n it, eh?"
5306But WAR it a haffen dozen?
5306Byers saluted him gruffly,"whyn''t ye let we- uns know ez ye he d got back that thar grant o''yourn, ez hev sot the whole mounting catawampus?
5306Could he deduce nothing from the tanner''s grin?
5306DID his spectacles twinkle?
5306Did n''t he, Tim?"
5306Gold had been found in Tennessee-- why not here?
5306Had he indeed, in some aberration, taken the grant?
5306How d''ye know yerse''f?"
5306Once he paused-- was that the bleat of a fawn, away down on the mountain''s slope?
5306Only a few hours ago he was discharged under suspicion of dishonesty; why this sudden recall?
5306Pig- wigs hearn ye talkin''''bout it at las'', and tole ye ez he he d it, I s''pose?"
5306Something-- was it?-- SOMEBODY laughing in the darkness?
5306Suddenly-- was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?
5306Then he asked suddenly,"An''whar war Rufe, an''Pete, an''Joe, ez YE he d ter go ter pickin''up of chips an''sech off''n the groun''?"
5306Was it some tricksy spirit in his likeness that had peered through the chinking at Andy Byers?
5306Was there a vibration of incredulity in his voice?
5306Whar hev he disappeared ter?"
5306What d''ye s''pose''t war?"
5306What did ye''low I''d do?"
5306Where was Birt?
5306Which Griggs do ye call''Pig- wigs?''"
5306Who was this stranger?
5306Why had Nate not communicated with his partner about their proposed work?
5306Ye know we counted ez that thar pit would n''t be opened ag''in fur a right smart time?"
5306accusin''o''Birt wrongful, an''sech?"
5306did she realize the loss of the mine?
5306he called out, as soon as the small boy was inside the tanyard,"be you- uns SURE ez Nate said he''d come over by sun- up?"
5306the Gov''nor o''the State?"
5306vociferated the testy old man;"ai n''t I a- goin''ter?
20365''Twarn''t a- beckonin'', war it? 20365 Air it your''n?"
20365An''ef this brief wind war ter whurl the old church- house off''n the bluff an''down inter the valley whar- r-- would-- I-- be?
20365An''how air the bread ter be raised?
20365An''now, I kem ter remind myself that them witches war inquirin''round''bout''n a boy-- war his name Jeemes Coggin? 20365 An''who oughter chop wood an''pull fodder but ye, while my hand air sprained this way?"
20365But what size is this Barney Pratt?
20365Coggin, hey?
20365D''ye know whose coat this kem off''n?
20365Did Nick wear_ my_ coat down on the ledge, I wonder, an''git it tored? 20365 Did ye find the tur- r- key''s nest in the Conscripts''Hollow?"
20365Did ye git it?
20365Do you know where you lost this scrap?
20365Do you want to come to school?
20365Ef I go on this yerrand fur ye,he said, looking very sharp indeed,"will ye gimme one o''the whings of that thar wild tur- r- key?"
20365Git what?
20365Gobbler or hen?
20365Hain''t I done promised ye not ter tech a drap o''liquor this Chris''mus day?
20365Hain''t ye been doin''nothin''mean lately?
20365He hev been thar all this time,--''kase he air tied thar, do n''t ye see? 20365 Hev Ethan fell off, sure enough?"
20365Hev that thar boy gone ter bed?
20365Hev ye been a- huntin''?
20365How did ye git away, Barney?--how did ye git away?
20365How did ye happen ter be hyar this time o''the night, ye limb o''Satan?
20365How kem my coat ter be tored down thar on the ledge, close ter the Conscripts''Hollow, whar I hain''t been sence the cloth war wove?
20365How kin we find that thar leetle hammer in sech a dark place?
20365How long did it take''em to get all those heavy things down into the Conscripts''Hollow,--hey, bub?
20365How''d it happen ter be stickin''ter them blackberry- bushes on the ledge?
20365How''d she make out ter fotch the little tur- r- keys up hyar, when they war hatched? 20365 Is that so?"
20365It''s airish up hyar, ai n''t it?
20365Just ter enjye sottin''''em up agin? 20365 Little Jeff Carew,--you''ve seen that puny little man a- many a time-- haven''t you, Jim?
20365M''ria,said the blacksmith meekly to his wife,"hev ye tuk notice how the gyarden truck air a- thrivin''?
20365Right smart of an idjit, now, ai n''t ye?
20365Thad tuk the filly, ye say fur true?
20365Then what ailed ye ter go an''tell sech a lie ter Gryce''s boys las''night jes''down thar outside o''the shop?
20365Then what made ye run, yander on the slope, when ye seen thar war somebody on the ledge?
20365Waal, sonny?
20365Waal, stranger, how''s yer filly?
20365Waal, waal,in a pensive voice,"so ye ai n''t him?
20365Waal-- air ye disabled anywhar so ez ye ca n''t shet it, eh?
20365Whar be ye a- takin''of us now?
20365Whar did ye happen ter see Ethan?
20365Whar''bouts?
20365What ails dad''s hand?
20365What ails ye, Nick? 20365 What ails ye, Steve?"
20365What ails ye, boy? 20365 What air ye a- doin''of up thar on the Old Man''s Chimney?"
20365What air ye doin''down thar? 20365 What air ye doin''on this side o''the mounting, ef ye air a- goin''ter the mill?
20365What air ye layin''off fur me ter do?
20365What am I tuk up fur?
20365What d''ye want, granny?
20365What did ye git?
20365What fur?
20365What fur?
20365What''s a- brewin'', Amos?
20365What''s curious about it?
20365What''s that?
20365What''s the reason ye air always tryin''ter toll off our old red muley from our house?
20365What''s this hyar thing at the e- end o''the rope?
20365When?
20365Who got him a rope ter pull up by?
20365Who hev done turned State''s evidence?
20365Why d''ye come a- bustin''in hyar that thar way, Sol?
20365Why did ye stand a- gapin''at the Conscripts''Hollow, ef ye did n''t know thar was suthin special thar?
20365Why, what ails the boy?
20365Whyn''t you- uns go?
20365Ye ai n''t a- thinkin'',cried the woman tremulously,"ez the night air one app''inted fur evil?"
20365Ye air the biggest man in Tennessee, ai n''t ye?
20365You''re Barney Pratt, are you? 20365 _ That_ ai n''t the fellow, is it, Jim?"
20365''Twarn''t a- beckonin''?
20365An''whar_ is_ Melissy?"
20365An''when will I see G''liath Mounting agin, an''be whar Melissy air?"
20365And Jube-- had he not known how Jube could lie?
20365And what were these words he was beginning to faintly remember?
20365Asleep?
20365Barney''s tired brain began to fumble at this problem,--how did it happen?
20365But had John Grow forgotten all the good words he had heard to- day from the circuit- rider?
20365But how was it to concern Barney?
20365But what was that upon it?
20365But when it gained more strength, might it not drive Nick, helpless with his broken arm, from that high ledge?
20365Could Barney have slipped quietly away, leaving him to his fate?
20365Could explanations-- words, mere words-- clear him in the teeth of this fact?
20365Could he look to any human being for deliverance?
20365Could he support it?
20365Could it be that bitter revenge he had promised himself?
20365Did Nick see the plunder in the Conscripts''Hollow, an''git skeered, an''then sot out ter lyin''ter git shet o''the blame?"
20365Did he dream it, or was it true, that when Nick came back he seemed at first strangely agitated?
20365Did ye go thar fur the tur- r- key?"
20365Divide that thar traveler''s money-- hey?"
20365Had not the circuit- rider said in his last sermon that not even a sparrow falls to the ground unmarked of God?
20365Had they melted into thin air during his long ride from the church?
20365He had begun to lie,--where would it end?
20365He shrank as the old man spoke,--"And is this the boy who was slipped through the window to steal from Blenkins?"
20365He would keep up as long and as bravely as he could, and if the worst should come,--was he indeed so solitary?
20365He would not speak the word,--he had determined on that,--for might they not think that_ he_ was the boy who had robbed the store?
20365His next respite was thus entertained:--"What makes him work so of a night?"
20365How could Jube have repeated it if he had not seen it?
20365How could he avoid it?
20365Now that this misfortune had befallen them, who could say what was before them unless Ike would remain and take his stepfather''s place at the forge?
20365On this, the most benign day that ever dawns upon the world, was he led into these endless wastes of forest to be terrified by the"harnts"?
20365Only when the storekeeper eagerly insisted,"What hev Jonas seen?
20365State''s evidence,--what was that?
20365The step paused at a safe distance, and the shrill pipe of a little boy demanded,"Whar is ye, Ethan Tynes?"
20365Then at last it came out, quick and sharp, and in a convulsive gasp,--"Who air all that gang o''folks a- comin''yander down the road?"
20365Then came a thought that filled him with dismay,--how long was this to last?--who would rescue him?
20365Then he sullenly demanded,--"What''s yer name?"
20365There was the thicket; but whose were the voices that had rung out faintly from beneath it?
20365This was the way the distant ranges looked from the crags of his own home; he knew that they were the mountains, but which was Goliath?
20365Was he to have his wish, and see his brother never again?
20365Was he, indeed, so useless?
20365Was it a shadow?
20365Was it possible that George had forgotten to tell of his danger?
20365Was it possible that he could have exchanged coats by mistake with Nick the last afternoon that they were on the crag together?
20365Was there nothing beneath his feet but the vague depths of air to the base of the mountain?
20365Whar''s the other burglars?
20365Whar''s yer grist?"
20365What air ter hender?"
20365What was it?
20365What was this limp thing hanging to his shoulder?
20365What was to be his fate?
20365What would they say at home and at Birk''s Mill?
20365Where have you been hid out, all this time?"
20365Where is it?"
20365Where was he?
20365Who air ye ennyhow?"
20365Who done yer this hyar trick?"
20365Why could he not let himself down to the ledge by those long, strong vines that hung over the edge of the cliff?
20365Why did he not refuse it?
20365Why did not Pete come?
20365Why should he not take the revenge he had promised himself?
20365Will they keep me hyar all the same?
20365Will ye gin Tom that message?
20365Would he be put among the guilty creatures?
20365Would he not fear that the truth might somehow involve him with the horse- thief?
20365Would they believe his story?
20365Ye hev hearn tell o''me, hain''t ye, Jedge?
20365Ye never he d the grit ter sarch thar, I''ll be bound; did ye, now?"
20365[ Illustration: HOW LONG WAS IT TO LAST] Taken at its best, how long was it to last?
20365a distant step?
20365a dropping leaf?
20365air it ye, Barney?"
20365and what was this thrill of pain darting through it?
20365and what would that do to him?
20365the falling of a fragment of stone from the"Chimney"?
20365what war he gin ter view?"
31122''Lection day?
31122Ai n''t I done tole ye, ez how they do n''t think nothin''of ye ter our house? 31122 Ai n''t it jes''like''em, now?
31122Ai n''t this ez good?
31122Ai n''t this ez good?
31122Ai n''t ye sorter lonesome over hyar?
31122Air ye a- huntin''of me, too, Mr. Sneed,--ye that war''quainted with me in the old times on Tomahawk Creek?
31122Air ye cryin''''kase ye war''quainted with him ennywise?
31122Air ye in earnest?
31122Air ye ready ter go over ter yer cousin Anice''s now?
31122Air you- uns waitin''fur me,''Dosia, all by yerse''f?
31122An''do Mr. Persimmon Sneed always wear blinders?
31122And did no one discover the origin of the fire?
31122And who has seen it?
31122But s''pose ye hev got mighty pore jedgmint? 31122 But what do that prove, though?"
31122Cousin Anice,called Theodosia from the gate,"how''s the''lection turned out?"
31122Cynthy, air ye a- goin''ter sit thar in the door all day, an''that thar pot a- bilin''all the stren''th out''n that thar cabbige an''roas''in''-ears? 31122 D''rec''ly after the''lection--''lection day,''Dosia?"
31122Did it?
31122Did n''t ye think he might take a notion that you were a moonshiner?
31122Did you- uns an''them kem all the way from the valley ter view the blazin''spring?
31122Do n''t I look like it?
31122Do you see the witch- face?
31122Does fire ever show there?
31122Ennyhow,persisted Hite,"wo n''t sech yearth gin out light somehows,--in some conditions sech ez ye talk''bout?"
31122Folks?
31122Glad ter see ye, I s''pose?
31122Go whar?
31122Have ye found Justus?
31122Have you ever been in this cave hereabout?
31122He''ll be''lected, Justus?
31122Hev ye he d yer health, The''dosia?
31122How did ye find out?
31122How did you happen to see the man?
31122How does the fire show?
31122How kem ye hev changed yer mind? 31122 How often has this phenomenon occurred?"
31122How_ could_ I get a shot, with ye a- trompin''up ez n''isy ez a herd o''cattle?
31122I suppose all the family there are dead gone on that road?
31122Justus? 31122 Me?"
31122Oh, how kin I swear to that? 31122 Oh, so you are the eldest?"
31122Say, my friend, what day does the jury of view hold forth?
31122Sech ez yer new coat? 31122 Spontaneously?
31122That''s right smart o''a cur''osity, ai n''t it?
31122The comic?
31122The soil? 31122 The''dosia,"he said,"air ye mad with me''kase ye''low I forgot ye this evenin''?"
31122Then what is it?
31122Waal, ca n''t you- uns make it, the same way?
31122Waal, how''s the prospects fur the''lection?
31122Waal,continued his leisurely interlocutor, still interrogative,"does ye know Jacob Brice?"
31122Warn''t ye afeard he might be a revenuer?
31122Well, that''s the jury of view; and what do you think of them?
31122Were you expecting a visitor?
31122Whar air they?
31122Whar''s my horse?
31122What did ye promise ter tell me''lection day?
31122What do you want?
31122What do you work at mostly?
31122What fur not?
31122What horse?
31122What makes''em so contrairy, Ben?
31122What was the survey for?
31122What will kem o''Wat?
31122What''s he goin''ter do about it?
31122What''s ter hender ye from a- goin''down thar an''lendin''a hand every wunst in a while? 31122 What''s ter hender?
31122What''s that ye promised to tell me''lection day?
31122Where did you part company?
31122Where were you yesterday?
31122Who says Con Hite-- Why?
31122Who tole ye ez I war hyar, anyhows?
31122Who? 31122 Why air ye always remindin''me?"
31122Why not? 31122 Why, Mr. Persimmon Sneed,"he exclaimed in a voice as bland as a summer''s day,"how did you- uns an''yer frien''s do sech ez that?"
31122Why?
31122Why?
31122Whyn''t ye take a shot at him, Wat?
31122Ye are sure ye never viewed that man afore yestiddy?
31122Ye do n''t see none o''my cattle, do ye?
31122Ye rode in comp''ny a hour or mo''an''never asked his name?
31122Ye see that cabin on the spur over yander around the bend?
31122Ye would n''t believe it now, would ye?
31122Ye''lows it be wrong,he said, his bold bright eyes all softened as he looked at her,"bein''agin the law?"
31122Yer frien''s rid, too, I s''pose?
31122You did n''t know you were so good looking, hey?
31122A sudden query from Silas Boyd rendered their respite short:"What''s that man Selwyn want so much land fur, ennyhows?
31122Ai n''t I good- lookin''enough?"
31122Ai n''t it the very moral of a witch?"
31122Ai n''t that a sort''n spell fur the dark an''the lonesomeness ter tarrify a few quaking dwellers round about?
31122An''who ever viewed a jury a- horseback afore?
31122And now could he turn against"Fambly"?
31122And what significance might attend these strange machinations?
31122Do it make''em seem enny taller ter say they air six thousand or seben thousand feet?
31122Fairly smelt that thar cave over t''other side the ridge jes''now, I reckon; else how''d he know''t war thar?"
31122Had he chanced on their unhallowed pastimes in the solitudes of these untrodden mountain wildernesses?
31122Had not some one protested this, with a good round rural oath as attestation?
31122He come up hyar las''summer-- war it las''summer, now?
31122Her hair on the back of her head, and its shape to the nape of her neck, were so beautiful-- she had never seen it: how could she say it was n''t?
31122His craft was cautious of its kind, and his manner was quite incidental as he said,"And the others of the family?"
31122How?"
31122I hearn loud talkin'', or hollerin'', a cornsiderable piece off, an''then gallopin''hoofs"--"More horses than one, do you think?"
31122Is it better to know so surely that winter is a- coming?
31122Jerry,"turning aside to his colleague, who had done naught but stare,"whar''s yer manners?
31122Just keep that pose, will you?
31122Now what good is that goin''ter do the Nunited States?"
31122Of what worth now were all his buoyant anticipations, while she was listening to the sugared flatteries of the"town cuss"?
31122Should he pull down the temple on Walter''s success-- the pride of them all?
31122Shows speed, I s''pose?
31122Sneed?"
31122So ye ca n''t tell what makes it,--the sile, or what?"
31122Thar-- what''s that?"
31122The coroner interposed quickly:"Where were you goin'', an''what did you see?"
31122The coroner, intentionally taking him at a disadvantage, asked abruptly,"What do you work at mostly?"
31122Then she spoke in a low voice:--"Whyn''t ye find out, Ben?
31122Then, with an awkward attempt at raillery,"Ai n''t ye never a- thinkin''''bout a- gittin''married?"
31122Waal,"raising an impressive forefinger,"ai n''t_ I_ the public?"
31122Was this miraculous fire, blazing from the depths of the clear water, necromancy, the work of the devil?
31122Was this the sylvan deity of the young hunter''s adoration?
31122We''lowed ye did n''t see nothin''of it through the tellingscope, did ye?
31122Whar would Wat be ef''t warn''t fur Justus?"
31122Whar''s Mr. Sneed''s horse?"
31122Whar''s the nex''place we air bound fur?"
31122What ails the gal?"
31122What ails ye ter be so good- fur- nuthin''?
31122What diff''unce do it make whether Con''s rifle- ball hit whar he aimed ter do or no, so he fetched him down somewhar?"
31122What evil might it portend?
31122What prospect of profit worth a long, lonely journey and a risk that ended in death?
31122What was there to"investigate"in the mountains?
31122Who married?"
31122Why must he needs die here, in this horrible unexplained way, and leave other men, chance associates, to risk stretching hemp for murder?
31122Why n''t ye gin the comp''ny a drink?"
31122Whyn''t ye water that sufferin''beast, ez air fairly honing ter drink?
31122Would he cut down all the trees on the mountain?
31122ter the west, an''a handshake ter the north, an''''Take a drink?''
31122thar, an''a clap on the shoulder ter the east, an''a''How''s yer health?''
31122whar_ is_ the gal?"
33970A lion?
33970An''_ what_ did you do with it, Ethelindy?
33970And did the man die?
33970And how do you account for that phase?
33970And so he went plumb through the cave?
33970And they came out all safe in Greenbrier?
33970And which do you say?
33970And which do_ you_ say?
33970And you think this untrained girl could take her place?
33970Bob,he addressed the toddler,"will you uns let daddy kerry ye like a baby?"
33970But what makes ye look so durned peaked?
33970But what will yer gran''dad say ter me?
33970But_ why_ hain''t ye got more, Basil? 33970 Could you- uns_ sure_ be back hyar by day- break, Watt?"
33970Daniel''s Lions? 33970 Did he collapse at last and verify the surgeon''s prophecy?"
33970Did he pay you in gold?
33970Did he see-- really----?
33970Did you get my check?
33970Do you know that you trouble yourself to talk very little, Captain Girard?
33970Do you know this Royston McGurny?
33970Does he state any reasons for making it public?
33970Done what?
33970Dr. Rigdon is not staying in the house, then?
33970Girard?
33970Got pretty good horse?
33970Have we got to cross this?
33970Have you any idea of where you are going, or how far?
33970Heavenly? 33970 Hey?
33970How could ye hev strengthened yer heart fur sech a deed onless the grace o''God prevailed mightily within ye? 33970 How did yer corn crap turn out?"
33970How do you uns know that?
33970How so? 33970 I dun''no''how fur smallpox kin travel-- an''it jes''mulls and mulls in ye afore it breaks out-- don''t it, S''briny?"
33970I may consider myself dismissed from the presence?
33970If I may ask, who is this lady who seems to give the law to the community?
33970If that is true, why should he stay in this quiet place?
33970In the show?
33970In what school did you acquire your trenchant style?
33970Is n''t the moon heavenly?
33970Is this bona- fide?
33970Is this what you had to tell me?
33970Kerry the baby? 33970 Me?"
33970Mighty long tramp fur Bobbie, thar,--whyn''t ye kerry him?
33970Mr. Gordon, is it not? 33970 No?
33970Not intentionally, Major, but----"And who are you to judge of my motives? 33970 Or in greenbacks?
33970Remember, Mr. Whitmel, at that fight we had in the hills not far from the Ocoee, how you rebuked two artillerymen for swearing? 33970 See the fire?
33970Sergeant,he hailed the guidon,"where is Captain Dovinger?"
33970Shot somebody?
33970So they came into Tanglefoot down the road, and went out of the Cove by this tunnel?
33970That thar bar?
33970That tree? 33970 The boy wo n''t die, then?"
33970The murder, ye mean? 33970 Then why n''t ye leave it ter men?"
33970Think? 33970 Used to see that sort of thing in the army?
33970Ventriloquist?
33970Waal, war Clem Tweed funnin''whenst he done sech ez that, in levyin''an execution?
33970Warn''t it prime?
33970Whar did he die at?
33970Whar is this fool goin''?
33970What ailed you- uns ter name_ me_ as the corpus,''Gene Barker?
33970What did he level, Medory-- a gun?
33970What did you do it fur?
33970What fur should I tell it--''t ai n''t mine?
33970What has become of the troopers?
33970What is the reward offered to hale him forth and force him to enjoy that privilege-- five hundred dollars?
33970What makes him limp?
33970What sorter fool talk is that?
33970What''s all this?
33970What''s her name-- Meggy?
33970What''s yer cargo?
33970What''s yer name?
33970What-- what-- is-- that Thing-- over there on the bank of the bogue?
33970Where are the other officers of the squadron-- the junior captain, the lieutenants?
33970Where''s this girl-- you?
33970Who are Captain Girard''s people, Papa?
33970Who sits so late at the forge?
33970Who was the man?
33970Whut''s in the box?
33970Whut-- w- whut ails him ter take arter Tanglefoot? 33970 Why n''t ye keep the top on yer coffee- can?
33970Why not? 33970 Why, do n''t you know that''s against the law?"
33970Why, what does all this mean?
33970Whyn''t they bury him in Eskaqua, whar he died?
33970Whyn''t ye wait for me, Sher''ff? 33970 Will ye deny ez ye hev he d a sign from the heavens, Jubal Kennedy?"
33970Will you tell it, Mr. Gordon, or shall I?
33970Wo n''t them candidates fur office be mighty mad if they find out what it war sure enough?
33970Would you be afraid of the lion, child?
33970Ye ai n''t no snake, now-- nary toad-- nary green rabbit-- no sort''n jim- jam?
33970Ye air in no danger of fire, then?
33970Ye know that gal named Loralindy Byars?
33970You contemplate giving it to the public,he said to Gordon;"why not try its effect on a disinterested listener first, and judge from that?"
33970You did n''t see no guide whenst they slipped past you- uns''house, did ye?
33970You learned that argument from Geraldine-- he is nothing but an echo of Geraldine, Mr. Gordon-- now, is n''t he, Mamma?
33970You showed him the way to this pass yourself? 33970 An''what d''ye s''pose I seen? 33970 And at what time had this dread fate befallen his friend? 33970 And what do you think about, pray?
33970And who would believe that?
33970Basil, the wife, the children,--where were they?
33970But he was at once doubtful and relieved when the haggard wretch at the door, mustering his courage, replied:"Know Royston McGurny?
33970But how?
33970But was it not told already in those tracks in the dusty road?
33970But, meantime, how does the fellow contrive to live?"
33970Daniel''s Lions?"
33970Do n''t ye know the coffee will lose heart, settin''open?"
33970George?"
33970Gordon?"
33970Had he found justice so alert to redress his wrongs, even in a little matter, that he must needs risk his neck upon it?
33970Had he overheard their unguarded, significant words?
33970Had he, indeed, no foundation for his suspicion?
33970Hev you- uns got any aigs?"
33970Honest?"
33970How had she the heart to deprive them of his willing aid?
33970How_ could_ you- uns let sech ez that happen?"
33970If your command is annihilated, why do you keep up this commotion?"
33970Is the man deaf?"
33970It''s a heavenly body, ai n''t it?"
33970Keene?"
33970Kinnicutt''s brow contracted angrily, and Crann broke into open wrath:"An''I ai n''t carin'', ye fool-- what d''ye interrupt fur like that?"
33970More than once his superior muscle sufficed to throw off both the officers for a moment, but to what avail?
33970Mrs. Keene acceded as the two young men shook hands; then, evidently perturbed by her lack of ceremony, she exclaimed pettishly,"Where is Geraldine?
33970Never had a golden opportunity like this been lost-- by what uncovenanted chance had Tolhurst escaped?
33970Oh, why had he not gone with the rest of the camp?
33970Or mebbe in Cornfed money?"
33970Or, Seymour again doubted, had he merely constructed a figment of a scheme from his own imaginings and these attenuations of suggestion?
33970Self- defense-- was it?
33970She watched him flinch, and asked wonderingly,"Is game skeerce?"
33970Tell me, you men, is this a testamentary paper, and you think it against the law to destroy it?"
33970Then Dr. Trent broke forth:"Are you a fool, boy?
33970Then as the schemer remained silent he demanded, frowning darkly,"What''s Loralindy Byars got ter do with it?"
33970Then, aloud,"Why do n''t you uns kerry the baby, Basil Bedell, an''give yer wife a rest?"
33970Therefore, with a sedulous effort, Hoxer maintained his composure when the Major thundered again,"You tax me with making a false impression?"
33970Told a lie by accident, did I?
33970WHO CROSSES STORM MOUNTAIN?
33970War it the sheriff himself ez levied?"
33970Warn''t that you- uns runnin''arter the wagon a piece back yonder jes a while ago?"
33970Was not the whole neighborhood swarming with canine dependents?
33970Was this the only cur- dog in the Bend?
33970Whar else?"
33970What had befallen her voice?
33970What strange influence had betided the landscape?
33970What was their game?
33970What ye want?"
33970Where''s the man?"
33970Who be dead?"
33970Who could divine, so silent were the windless mountains, so deep a- dream the darksome woods, so spell- bound the mute and mystic moonlight?
33970Who was she, indeed, that she should seek to command the march of events and deploy sequences?
33970Why should the laggard inspiration come so late if it had come at all?
33970Whyn''t ye work more and quit wastin''yer time on that old fool fiddle?"
33970Will_ you_ be waiting fur me here in Tanglefoot Cove-- if I promise not to hang you fur your misdeeds right off now?"
33970Would she dig up that box he treasured from whar he told her he he d buried it, arter he escaped from the attack o''the miners?
33970how did he get so footsore?"
33970ye jes''now f''und that out, dad?"
36771''Genie,he said, suddenly, looking over his shoulder within the cabin,"be you- uns_ sure_ ez they war--_folks_?"
36771A- sarchin''fur the boy?
36771Ai n''t nobody seen it?
36771Ai n''t that thar Luke Todd? 36771 Ai n''t the Grinnell baby got_ no_ home?"
36771Air it the comin''o''the Jedgmint Day, Tobe?
36771Air we- uns of a favor?
36771Air ye hurt, Tobe?
36771Air you- uns a- settin''under the preachin''o''Brother Peter Vickers?
36771Am I not hiding?
36771An''''ai n''t ye got the gumption ter sense what Eveliny sot the candle in the winder fur?
36771An'', now, how much air twelve times eight?
36771An''did ye jes set thar an''say,''Good Mister Fire, do n''t burn the records; what''ll folks do''bout thar deeds an''sech?'' 36771 An''what air_ you- uns_ doin''hyar?"
36771An''what did ye kem hyar fur?
36771An''ye air goin''ter take ter the woods ef ye do n''t?
36771An''ye say ye hev applied fur the place o''postmaster?
36771But what good would that do me-- an''the baby whisked plumb out''n the State? 36771 But what''s he want with me, Cap''n?"
36771But which one o''these hyar gals would ye recommend ter yer nephew ter marry-- ef ye he d a nephew?
36771Did Abs''lom ever gin''em ter ye?
36771Did n''t ye ever want ter kem afore, Eveliny?
36771Did yer gun go off suddint?
36771Do n''t he''pear ter you- uns to be powerful peegeon- toed?
36771Ever been up on the bald?
36771Fur good?
36771Going?
36771Hain''t Purdee been hyar?
36771Hain''t ye got no aim, ye durned sinner?
36771He d ye''lowed ter put up at the old hotel?
36771He knows all thar is ter know''bout we- uns-- an''why air ye not ter share our per''ls?
36771Hev enny o''you- uns hearn him''low lately ez I claim ennything ez ai n''t mine?
36771Hev ennybody been spiteful ter you- uns ter- day?
36771Hev she got enny partic''lar marks, ez ye knows on?
36771Hev ye made a find?
36771How could we know thar warn''t but one, eh?
36771How d''ye know it''s the same creek?
36771How did ye know''twar Lee- yander?
36771How long sence this gate must hev been opened afore?
36771Howdy, Mis''Roxby-- howdy? 36771 I wonder ef it air the same star o''Bethlehem?"
36771I wonder what they charge fur iron over yander at the settlemint, Em''ry?
36771In the name o''reason and religion, Roger Purdee,she adjured him,"what air that thar perverted Philistine talkin''''bout?"
36771Kase I''lowed I''d cut thar ears? 36771 Kin ye kerry a message straight?"
36771SHE SMILED UPON THE BABYTHE BLACKSMITH''S SHOP"THE TABLES OF THE LAW""''WHAT WORD DID HE SEND TER--_ME_?''"
36771Say his own chil''n air''hearty feeders an''hard on shoe- leather?'' 36771 That branch on the t''other side o''Panther Ridge?
36771That thar''pears ter be a fiddle on the wall, ai n''t it, Mis''Sudley?
36771The gawbbler?
36771They never gin ye that word?
36771Thought ye war goin''ter keep store?
36771Tobe,she said, in a bated voice,"who war them men?"
36771Trade fur what?
36771Wa''al, Mis''Gryce, I reckon ye dunno whar Tobe be, nuther?
36771Waal, now, what''s the differ?
36771Waal, then, Hilary,he demanded,"what air ye a- raisin''sech a row fur?
36771Waal,observed the moonshiner, impatiently, eying the tremulous and tongue- tied Yerby,"hev ye fund what ye war a- huntin''fur?"
36771War it you- uns ez I hearn say thar war word kem ter the cross- roads''bout some revenuers raidin''''round somewhar in the woods?
36771Warn''t you- uns apologizin''ter me t''other day fur not bein''a nephew''stiddier a niece? 36771 Whar be she?"
36771Whar be the filly hid, Tobe?
36771Whar be yer dad?
36771Whar d''ye make out enny letters, Roger?
36771Whar war they?
36771Whar''s Job Grinnell?
36771Whar''s Pete?
36771Whar''s the stray- book?
36771Whar''s the stray- book?
36771What ailed Eveliny ter git so tuk up with this hyar Abs''lom? 36771 What ailed her ter sot it hyar?"
36771What ailed the stray- book ter bide hyar in the court- house all night, Tobe? 36771 What ails the Cunnel,''Genie?"
36771What ails ye ter keep the mare down hyar, Tobe?
36771What ails ye ter say words ye ca n''t abide by-- ye''low ye''pear so graceful on the back track?
36771What ails ye, Tim? 36771 What ails yer furrows ter run so crooked, Nehemiah?"
36771What air ye a- doin''hyar?
36771What be Tobe Gryce a- doin''of now?
36771What d''ye reckon I keer fur enny jestice''s cheer when I hev got ye agin ter set alongside o''me by the fire?
36771What d''ye want me ter do? 36771 What hev ye done ter dad?"
36771What is that old fox slyin''round after? 36771 What men?"
36771What sort''n beastis is this hyar mare ez the ranger tuk up?
36771What sorter topknot is that ye got on?
36771What war I a- goin''ter do, then? 36771 What word did he send ter--_me_?"
36771What ye mean, A''gusta?
36771Who air they?
36771Who be ye a- talkin''about?
36771Why ca n''t the critter elude Satan with less n''ise?
36771Why do n''t ye sati''fy the boy, Yerby?
36771Why n''t ye spen''the day a- milkin''the cow?
36771Why''n''t ye gin dad them messages ez Abs''lom gin ye from me?
36771Why, you ai n''t thinkin''''bout movin''up inter the wilderness ter live, an''ye jes applied fur the post- office down at the cross- roads? 36771 Ye did n''t fire it a- purpose?"
36771Ye never hurt nobody, did ye, Tobe?
36771Ye''ll tell him, I s''pose?
36771You''ll look in again, wo n''t you?
36771_ Who?_asked his wife, pausing in her task of picking up chips.
36771Air ye ekal ter keepin''store an''sech?"
36771Air yer rheumatics mendin''enny?"
36771All this for him: why should he disquiet himself for the storm that burst upon others?
36771An''I says,''Lee- yander Yerby, do n''t ye know that thar thing''s the devil''s snare?''
36771An''how did I know?
36771An''what air ye wantin''a pore ole''oman like me ter talk about?"
36771As he looked down the slope below he thought the snow seemed broken-- by footprints, was it?
36771As the two dripping horses struggled up the steep incline he asked,"Did the man with her see the manifestation also?"
36771Could n''t ye gin it house- room?
36771Dawn?
36771Did a fitful blast stir the door?
36771Did he build''em?
36771Did he plant''em?
36771Did they follow, he wondered, the shepherds who went to seek for Christ?
36771Do she''low ez I hev he d nuthin ter study''bout sence?"
36771Feed the critter fur nuthin till the triflin''scamp ez owned her kem arter her?
36771Fight a old man?"
36771For a gruff voice within growled out a remonstrance:"What ye doin''that fur, Steve?
36771Grinnell slouched up and sat down among them, responding with a nod to the unceremonious"Hy''re, Job?"
36771Hev that thar candle got enny call ter bide in that thar winder?"
36771How be I ever a- goin''''bout''mongst the folks at the settlement agin with my darter married ter a Kittredge?
36771How much air nine times seven?--nine times seven?"
36771How should she care for the depth and richness of the blue deepening toward the zenith in those vast skies?
36771How''s ennybody goin''ter know a man ez lived''way off down hyar in Lonesome Cove?"
36771I''ll be bound old Ab went a- braggin''--hey, Lee- yander?"
36771If one''s glances were only quick enough, were there not faces pressed to those shattered panes-- scarcely seen-- swiftly withdrawn?
36771Illustration:"''WARN''T YOU- UNS APOLOGIZIN''TER ME FUR NOT BEIN''A NEPHEW?''"]
36771Now he only knew it the more surely; and what did this avail him, and how aid in the capture of the recusant clerk and assistant postmaster?
36771Now, the p''int o''law ez I wanted ter ax the lawyers''bout air this-- kin the ranger be the ranger an''the taker- up too?"
36771Seems toler''ble long range fur a pistol, do n''t it?
36771Sometimes in a seeming pause he could catch their lisping sibilant tones repeating, repeating-- what?
36771Suddenly--"Ever weigh him?"
36771THE PHANTOM OF THE FOOT- BRIDGE OLD JOEL QUIMBEY"''WHY''N''T YE GIN DAD THEM MESSAGES?''"
36771The Quimbey and Kittredge factions poured into the hall; what cared they for the disputed claims of Jenkins_ versus_ Jones?
36771The mystic letters, the inspired words, where were they?
36771Then aloud,"Whar''s mam?"
36771Then, lifting his gloomy, long- lashed eyes to the bridge far up the stream, he asked,"Whose''harnts''?"
36771Then, taking thought and courage together,"Ye ca n''t say the Bible ai n''t down on''strong drink''?"
36771Was ever chorus so sweet as this?
36771Was not the stranger furnished with the fullest credentials-- a letter to Roxby from the Colonel?
36771Was this the seer of ghosts-- Dundas marvelled-- this the Millicent whose pallid and troubled phantom already paced the foot- bridge?
36771Whar''s Hil''ry disappeared to, ennyways?"
36771What air ye a- doin''hyar?"
36771What did it matter to her how her father was treated?
36771What did the law do ter him?"
36771What hev he got ter be''shamed of?"
36771What holy mysteries were they not rushing in upon?
36771What made her like him?"
36771What ought I ter hev done?"
36771What will folks do''bout thar deeds, an''mortgages, an''sech?
36771Where was its potency, her enthusiasm?
36771Who dared so much as say a word to his face?
36771Who knows what memories were a- stalk there-- what semblance of former times?
36771Who knows-- who knows?
36771Who made''em his''n?"
36771Why air ye a- waitin''thar?"
36771Why could he not have discovered Leander''s whereabouts earlier, and by now be jogging along the road home with the boy by his side?
36771Why''n''t ye fire?"
36771Whyn''t ye bite off what ye air tryin''ter chaw?"
36771Ye ai n''t''lowin''she''ll ever go back ter her husband, air ye?"
36771Ye want me ter''commodate this stranger too, ez mebbe air runnin''from them ez wants him, hey Hilary?"
36771Yet had he not cursed the baby, lumping him among the Kittredges?
36771[ Illustration:"''WHAT WORD DID HE SEND TER--_ME_?''"]
36771[ Illustration:"''WHY''N''T YE GIN DAD THEM MESSAGES?''"]
36771an''hold them claws o''yourn, an''see the court- house burn up, with that thar stray- book in it?"
36771for the eyes that can see only this?
36771said Tobe, in a harried manner,"could n''t ye find me nowhar?
5145About what?
5145Ai n''t it purty?
5145Ai n''t much like the leetle feller I met here three year ago-- air ye?
5145Air ye afeerd?
5145Air ye goin''home now?
5145Air ye still shootin''at that ole tree?
5145Air you pokin''fun at ME?
5145Air you the constable?
5145And did she always let ye?
5145And did you try to break it down?
5145And how''s your cousin-- Jason?
5145Are you sorry, Mavis?
5145Back to Mavis?
5145Can I do anything for you?
5145Can I git them clothes now?
5145Can the one that''s left appoint his OWN board?
5145Can you beat it?
5145Can you read and write?
5145D''you have anything to do with this?
5145Did I hear you say''CAN''T''?
5145Did she come purty near throwin''you?
5145Did ye hear whut they was talkin''about?
5145Did you ever hear o''my tellin''the Hawns anything about you Honeycutts?
5145Did you keep your promise, Jason?
5145Did you see Steve a- talkin''to some fellers down the road?
5145Did you tell''em?
5145Do n''t know?
5145Do n''t ye understand, boy?
5145Do n''t you think you might save a little time-- waitin''fer Babe to git tame? 5145 Do you know the perpetrators of the unlawful burning of the toll- gate on the Cave Hill Pike?"
5145Do you know whar John Burnham is?
5145Do you reckon I need hit agin you?
5145Does all the boys have to do that?
5145Explain what?
5145Found out yit who killed yo''daddy?
5145Got a still up here?
5145Got yo''gun, Jason?
5145Have ye got a license?
5145Have you got yo''license?
5145Have you matriculated yet?
5145Have you never tried to kiss a girl?
5145Have you seen Marjorie and Gray?
5145Hit is?
5145Home?
5145How about it?
5145How is the colonel?
5145How much is that reward?
5145How much o''this reward do you want?
5145How''d that happen, mammy?
5145How''d you know whar we live?
5145How''s Mavis?
5145How''s grandpap?
5145How''s he goin''to help hisself,asked the girl,"when he ai n''t hyeh?"
5145How''s the folks in the mountains?
5145How''s the folks?
5145How''s the folks?
5145I reckon you could n''t help doin''it?
5145I reckon,he said sympathetically,"you hain''t found no way yit o''gittin''yo''land back?"
5145I tell ye, I''m a- goin''back to that new- fangled school when I git to grandpap''s, an''whut''ll you do?
5145In that great big house in the woods?
5145Is Mavis goin''to live with you all the time?
5145Is Mavis here?
5145Is grandpap here?
5145Is he all right?
5145Is he dead yit?
5145Is my mammy hyeh?
5145Jasie, take me back home with ye, wo n''t you?
5145Jason,said the old man sternly,"whut''s the matter out hyeh?"
5145Jason,she said finally,"you do n''t believe Colonel Pendleton cheated Steve-- do you?"
5145Little gal,he mimicked,"air you a- talkin''to me?"
5145Look here, Steve,he said earnestly,"have n''t you had enough now?
5145Look hyeh, chile, is you referrin''to Perfesser Burnham?
5145ME?
5145Mavis,he said huskily,"do you remember what I said that day right here?"
5145Mavis,he said,"I want you to marry me-- won''t you, Mavis?"
5145Mother?
5145Must be purty good shot now?
5145Ner who shot yo''pap?
5145Not now; and then shyly,"are you?"
5145Now, was n''t that curious?
5145One o''them fotched- on women whoop ye fer missin''yo''a- b- abs?
5145Rest yo''hat thar on the bed, wo n''t you?
5145Rickolect whut I tol''you about hell a- comin''about that terbaccer?
5145S''pose I do n''t break nothin'',he asked shrewdly,"do I git that back?"
5145Seen any chestnut hoss comin''along here?
5145So that''s yo''boy an''gal?
5145That''s right-- how is she?
5145The what?
5145The what?
5145Then why did she go?
5145These fellers up here tried to bust our county up into little pieces once-- an''do you know why? 5145 Uncle Lige, do you know whar my mammy is?"
5145Was n''t it lots o''fun, Jasie?
5145Was that her school down there at the mouth of the creek?
5145Well, how do I git to the college I''m goin''to?
5145Well, if I tol''you anything about them to- day, do n''t you know I''d be tellin''them something about you to- morrow?
5145Well, the same thing is true about me of two or three men on your side, is n''t it?
5145Well, who the hell WAS the feller?
5145Well,he rumbled scathingly,"you''ve been a- playin''hell, hain''t ye?
5145Were you going to shoot an unarmed boy?
5145Were you looking for us?
5145Whar can I git some water to wash?
5145Whar is he?
5145Whar you goin''?
5145Whar you two been?
5145Whar you two goin''?
5145Whar''s Mavis?
5145Whar''s Mavis?
5145Whar''s Steve?
5145Whar''s the college?
5145Whar?
5145What can we do for you?
5145What do you mean, boy,shouted an angry voice,"shooting that rabbit?"
5145What have you got there, mammy?
5145What is it?
5145What is your name?
5145What''s the matter with Marjorie?
5145What''s the matter, grandpap?
5145What''s yo''hurry?
5145What? 5145 What?"
5145When they comin''?
5145When you goin'', Jasie?
5145Where do you live?
5145Where''s Jason?
5145Where''s Jason?
5145Where''s Steve, mammy?
5145Which side air you on NOW?
5145Who was it?
5145Who''ll keep me from goin''?
5145Who''s been a- tellin''you lies about me?
5145Who''s comin''up here?
5145Who''s that ole feller?
5145Whut devilmint are you in up here now?
5145Whut devilmint you up to now?
5145Whut fer?
5145Whut kind o''trouble?
5145Whut on earth would you do down thar, Mavis?
5145Whut things?
5145Whut was that?
5145Whut you doin''out hyeh?
5145Whut you doin''up here?
5145Whut you goin''to do down thar?
5145Whut you mean, boy?
5145Whut you want to keep us from goin''up here fer?
5145Whut you want?
5145Whut''d you come up here fer?
5145Whut''s a license?
5145Whut''s dat-- whut''s dat?
5145Whut''s the matter with Mavis?
5145Why do n''t you take Mavis?
5145Why have n''t you been over to see me, Jason?
5145Why, I did n''t know you yesterday-- did I? 5145 Why, Mavis-- I thought you-- Gray-- Mavis, will you, will you?"
5145Why, hain''t ye heerd the news? 5145 Why, how are you, Jason?
5145Why, mebbe you air the rock- pecker?
5145Why, was n''t you atter him?
5145Why, what''s the matter, Jason?
5145Why, who told you?
5145Will that git-- get me in, when I a- get to the door?
5145Will you do something for me?
5145Yes, an''who you reckon the school- teacher is?
5145You are going back home? 5145 You come from near the Ohio River?"
5145You did n''t see Gray?
5145You hain''t goin''to give the boy up, Jason?
5145You hain''t told''em?
5145You have n''t told anybody else?
5145You know a good deal about geology already-- are you going to take my course too?
5145You see that star there? 5145 Your father works in tobacco?"
5145''Member that good- lookin''little furrin feller who was down here from the settlemints?
5145Ai n''t you goin''to settle down and behave yourself?"
5145Air ye goin''to school up here?"
5145And every building was covered with vines, and it was funny that vines grew on houses, and why in the world did n''t folks cut''em off?
5145And gently, at last:"What''s the matter, Mavis?"
5145And if his father should go under, if Morton Sanders took over his home and the boy must make his own way and live his life where he was-- why not?
5145And then suddenly:"Gray, did you ever ask Mavis to marry you?"
5145And, if that happened, what would become of him?
5145But where was the dance, and had they gone to it after all?
5145Could there be some thwarted hope in the lives of Gray''s father and her mother that both were now trying to realize in the lives of her and Gray?
5145Could this keen- faced, keen- eyed, sinewy, tall lad be the faithful little chap who had trudged sturdily at his heels so many days in the mountains?
5145He felt his arm caught tightly and he turned to find Marjorie, white, with trembling lips, but struggling to be calm:"Where is Jason?"
5145He had been a long time in those hills, his father was sick and worried-- and what was he doing down there anyhow?
5145How in the world did they get those names?"
5145How long d''ye reckon a purty gal like Mavis was a- goin''to wait fer you?
5145I started before breakfast-- can I get a bite here?"
5145Invariably for a long time his mother had asked:"Whut you been a- doin'', Jason?"
5145Is n''t that funny?"
5145Is that boy Gray comin''back hyeh?"
5145It was incredible, but could he enforce it?
5145It would take a step- ladder to get into the top bed-- good Lord, did people sleep that way in this college?
5145Jason will have to come back here-- how do you suppose Marjorie would feel here, bein''a woman, if you feel the way you do, bein''a man?
5145Marjorie nodded with some hesitation, and Gray went on:"How-- how is he now?"
5145May I inquire, son, if yo''purpose is to attend dis place o''learnin''?"
5145Now, what are you going to do about it?"
5145She had startled him by her insight into-- he halted-- into everything-- and how was Jason getting along?
5145The boy''s eyes were shifting now from one to the other and he broke in abruptly:"Whut''s the matter?"
5145The girl hesitated:"Money trouble, mother?"
5145Was there something that ruled this land-- something better than the code that ruled his hills?
5145Was-- was that what attracted you?"
5145Well, are n''t you coming?
5145Well, do you see any reason why we should be shooting each other down to oblige a few cowards?"
5145What are you goin''to do about it?"
5145What was going on over there?
5145What was the trouble that Steve had already heard about Mavis and Gray, and what the trouble at which Steve had hinted-- for him?
5145What you say?"
5145What''d I tell ye, son?
5145When do you two aim to git married?"
5145Where do you live?"
5145Whut''ve I been tryin''to l''arn ye since you was a baby?
5145Why,"thundered the old man savagely,"did n''t YOU kill him face to face?"
5145You got here in time, did n''t you?"
5145You hain''t got a knife-- now?"
5145You know I''m a good girl-- why did n''t you go after the folks who''ve been talkin''instead o''pitchin''into Gray?
5145You know that, do n''t you?"
5145You''ve come up to see your folks?"
5145he cried, with a start of surprise;"found anything to shoot?"
5145he said,"where did this come from?"
34208A reprisal?
34208All right, but why have nothing out of it except a pipe- line? 34208 Am I forgiven?"
34208An''ef he seeks ter buy?
34208And now in the first place, what do you mean to do with yourself?
34208And since then he has not been recaptured, though he was in your opinion too ill and deranged to have deceived you by feigning sleep?
34208And the State charter-- how about that?
34208And these people who have befriended you,questioned the mentor voice,"what of them?"
34208And what is being done toward watching him?
34208And what was the outcome of it all?
34208Anyhow, hit ai n''t no reason why you an''me kain''t be friends, is hit?
34208Between them they hold all the power, do n''t they?
34208But could you give me some sort of illustration that would make it a shade more concrete?
34208But how in God''s name did they get wise?
34208But why, dear,he argued desperately,"why do you deny me when we know there''s only one wish in both our hearts?"
34208Can I do that?
34208Can I ignore the fact that father is in public life, where his affairs and those of his family are public property? 34208 Can you change them back?"
34208Did I tell you I''d seen oil fields in operation?
34208Did I understand you to suggest,inquired Spurrier with a forced calmness,"that you fancy you see in me the qualities of your opportunity hound?"
34208Did the man that-- that was_ really_ guilty go scot free, whilst you had to shoulder his blame?
34208Did you seek to have Augusta throw me over, without even a farewell-- because you believed me guilty, sir?
34208Did you sell?
34208Did you strike oil in the boom days?
34208Do you mean to deny it?
34208Do you still hate me?
34208Do you think Grant escaped alive?
34208Do you think I''m a charity patient?
34208Do you want the whole truth, little gal?
34208Does counsel mean to charge that the court has proven lax?
34208Does n''t it seem real, now?
34208Does n''t the range practically prohibit railroading?
34208Gentlemen of the bar, any motions?
34208Glory,he demanded somewhat breathlessly,"have you ever been to a theater in your life?
34208Growing sentimental?
34208Have n''t you and Grant both been malcontents throughout your entire period of service?
34208Have n''t you often heard Private Grant swear vengeance against Captain Comyn?
34208Have you ever heard Grant threaten Captain Comyn''s life?
34208Here?
34208Hev ye got two guns? 34208 Hit''s due, ai n''t hit-- my money?"
34208How could it be done?
34208How did you do that?
34208How do we get the property into our hands then?
34208How much do you still love this man?
34208How?
34208How?
34208Howdy, stranger, what mout yore name be?
34208I am on my way south, so now I''ll defer seeing him until another time-- unless you expect him back shortly?
34208I do n''t belittle it, but what can I do?
34208I hope so-- and this new man? 34208 I presume,"suggested Harrison,"you are encouraging that disbelief?"
34208I reckon I do n''t err in surmisin''that you''ve come to collect your pension?
34208I reckon that''s not a recommendation to you, is it?
34208I reckon thet do n''t make no master differ ter ye, does hit?
34208I started you along the paths of financial combat and I see no fault in your continuing, but may I be candid to the point of bluntness?
34208I suppose you have thought of the possibilities open to a West Point man-- as a soldier of fortune?
34208I suppose-- you''ll go alone?
34208I wonder now,he teased with the whimsey of the moment,"what you would look like with black eyes?
34208If I have a hunch that oil holds a future here and am willing to back that hunch, do n''t you think I am acting wisely to do it?
34208In God''s name how could I be?
34208In God''s name,exclaimed Spurrier,"is n''t there any way to shut that fool up?
34208In God''s name,he demanded in a numbed voice,"why did n''t you write me about that?"
34208Is that the only reason they hate you?
34208It collapsed-- but why? 34208 Mr. Cappeze,"said Spurrier steadily,"are you sure that I may not have explanations that may change her view of me?"
34208My God, do we have to fight this thing out with a woman?
34208My God,he cried out,"why did n''t you let them hang me or shoot me?
34208Now,ordered the young woman,"what about Joe Givins?"
34208Of what nature, sir?
34208Pet-- partridges?
34208Reënforcements, major?
34208She-- she is not dead, then?
34208Sim Colby, who killed Captain Comyn?
34208Sought to serve them?
34208Spurrier,he said,"I think you know every one here, do n''t you?"
34208That you, Spurrier? 34208 That, surely,"argued Spurrier,"testifies for the highly skilled technician, does n''t it?"
34208The Land of Do- Without?
34208Then that''s all you can tell me-- that it was n''t Colby?
34208Then the boom collapsed?
34208Then you did n''t know that Mr. Spurrier was married?
34208Then you do n''t believe in the future?
34208Then you want your promise back?
34208To you? 34208 Undiscovered?"
34208Was it party spirit that prompted you, then?
34208Well,laughed Spurrier,"what_ is_ he doing here?"
34208Were there no independent concerns to bring the stuff to market?
34208Were ye lookin''fer me, boys?
34208What air hit, Jack?
34208What are your terms?
34208What blight have you got on it, Jack?
34208What does our research department report?
34208What else is there, dearest?
34208What fer?
34208What has godliness got ter do with_ you_, anyhow, Tassie Plumford? 34208 What is he doing here?
34208What is it, then?
34208What manner of man war he, Joe?
34208What sort of compromise, major?
34208What sort of partnership would it be?
34208What would such a man accomplish,inquired Spurrier,"aside from a sort of non- resident membership in the association of plutocrats?"
34208What''s daylight to you, Joe?
34208What''s he projeckin''at now?
34208What''s that a- bulgin''out yore coat pocket, thar?
34208What''s the trouble?
34208What,Harrison shot the question out like a cross- examiner,"is the present attitude of the natives toward oil and oil men?"
34208When did you leave?
34208When did you see him last?
34208When do I go to work?
34208When do I report for final instructions?
34208When does your enlistment expire?
34208When shall we go to consult the oracle?
34208Where is Glory?
34208Who are they, Jack?
34208Who is this man Spurrier?
34208Who says it?
34208Who, me?
34208Why did n''t ye hearken ter''em?
34208Why have n''t they discovered that?
34208Why would n''t I be? 34208 Why?"
34208Will you, Glory, have this man, John Spurrier----What would her answer be-- assent or negation?
34208Wise?
34208Wo n''t you?
34208Ye ai n''t jest a- quippin''with me, be ye?
34208Yes-- and you?
34208Yes?
34208Yore man he s done built ye a right monstrous fine house, hyar, ai n''t he?
34208You an''me''s been partners for a right long spell, Bud Grant, ai n''t we?
34208You are Herr John Spurrier?
34208You are not prepared to swear, though, that this seeming sleep might not have been feigned?
34208You are sure he was still there when the shot sounded?
34208You do n''t let no grass grow under your feet, do you, Joe?
34208You know to the day, do n''t you? 34208 You mean I am pardoned?"
34208You mean Trabue?
34208You mean because you have stood out for the enforcement of law?
34208You think I''ve been here before?
34208You think,Spurrier responded lightly, as one without personal interest,"they would n''t take it kindly?"
34208You''re not Snowdon the engineer: the Panama Canal man, the Chinese railway builder, are you?
34208*****"What do you make of it?"
34208After a little silence the man altered his tone and spoke argumentatively:"You forgave the dog, you know-- why not the man?"
34208Again he paused, and it was plain that he was laboring under embarrassment, so Spurrier inquired:"What is it?"
34208Air ye ready ter face Him?"
34208And why was this true?
34208Are you financially independent?"
34208But had he failed, after all?
34208Cappeze?"
34208Come ter think of hit, Sim, ye rid with ther high sheriff yoreself thet time, did n''t ye?"
34208Could there be any possibility of Spurrier''s failing to recognize him-- of his having been, after all, ignorant of his presence here?
34208Did you know that when vessels pass through the Panama Canal, the barnacles drop off?"
34208Do n''t ye dis''arn hit, Brother Cappeze?"
34208Do n''t ye really suspicion no special man?"
34208Do you know who_ did_?"
34208Does n''t it occur to you that a man has his human side?
34208Does this life satisfy you?
34208Harrison stood thinking for a time, then demanded tersely:"Have you secured any land or options?"
34208Has he stepped on anybody''s toes?"
34208Have you ever seen a real actress?"
34208Have you ever won a prize since then, that meant as much to you?"
34208Have you?"
34208He lived among us and made friends of us-- only to rob us?"
34208He only inquired:"Why should Mr. Colby hold a grudge against me?"
34208His companion sat considering the question for a while and at last inquired:"Do you know anything about oil?
34208How had they come there?
34208I mean about its production?"
34208I suppose that meets with your approval?"
34208I suppose you will, wo n''t you?"
34208I would hate that Death bandaged my eyes and forebore And bade me creep past----"Was that a battering- ram against timber that he heard?
34208If I_ did_ believe in it, would n''t I be likely to seek investment at the present stage of land prices?"
34208Is it your own or should there be quotation marks?"
34208Is n''t that it?"
34208Is n''t there anything off there beyond the hills that ever calls you?"
34208Is there any one up there I can call on for lodging and information?"
34208Is_ he_ dead?"
34208It seems strange, somehow, does n''t it?"
34208It was as if Spurrier had asked"All my ambitions?"
34208Kin I come in?"
34208Might it not be suspected in these circumstances that"Plunger"Spurrier''s refusal to treat his accusation seriously was only an attitude?
34208Now he''s fully warned, where do we get off?"
34208She shot a glance at him suddenly, eagerly; then at once the lids lowered, masking the eyes again as she inquired:"Thet thar''s poetry, ai n''t hit?"
34208Spurrier looked at the strong- featured face as he prompted,"Yes?"
34208Spurrier took the weapon, but when the man had gone James suggested in an even voice:"Do n''t you think you had better hand that gun to me?"
34208Spurrier?"
34208That is true, is it not?"
34208The point is, do I give you the concept of the work?"
34208The scarred chin?
34208The stature?
34208The tableau of astonishment held, until Spurrier broke it:"What matter personalities to us?"
34208This time it was the attorney who, with an incredulity- freighted voice, demanded:"Who, you?"
34208Unless I''m unpresentable, why do you-- never take me anywhere with you?"
34208Was this dramatic incident prearranged between you?"
34208We wonder could we sleep hyar?"
34208What calls you into a land of poverty?
34208What can he be writing about?"
34208What connection could Spurrier have had with them: what enmity could they have had for him?
34208What do you want more than anything else, Jack?"
34208What is your question exactly?"
34208What were you looking at across there-- so fascinatedly?"
34208What would-- one of your own sort-- have to offer her out there?"
34208When old Cappeze, a man not given to unreflecting or careless speech, flatly questioned:"Glory-- why does n''t John ever take you with him?"
34208Where''s Glory?"
34208Who else would I mean?"
34208Who was it?"
34208Who would suggest himself as so natural a leader for a murder enterprise as Sam Mosebury, whose record was established in such matters?
34208Whose were they?
34208Why did n''t you ask whether or not I was guilty?"
34208Why do_ you_ use-- the other kind?"
34208Why not have the whole damn business to split three ways, among Harrison''s crowd, yourself-- and the crowd I''ve got to handle?"
34208Why?"
34208Why?"
34208Will you do that for me?"
34208Will you tell Mr. Harrison I''m on the wire?"
34208Wo n''t you join us?"
34208You are keenly anxious for that day to come, are n''t you?"
34208You may have heard of a certain dog in the manger?
34208You want to take back-- what you said-- over there-- don''t you?"
34208You''re a furriner hereabouts, ai n''t you?"
34208demanded the former lieutenant rising from his seat, and Snowdon countered:"When will you be ready to begin?"
34057A lie is hit? 34057 Air any of you men friends of his''n?
34057Air these hyar tidin''s true, Bear Cat? 34057 Air they runnin''thet kittle in ther same place es they used to a year back?"
34057Air ye alive?
34057Air ye done talkin''now?
34057Air ye follerin''revenuin''these days, Ratler?
34057Air ye goin''ter obey me or do I hev ter_ make_ ye? 34057 Air ye hurted?"
34057Air ye skeered ter tackle Bear Cat Stacy?
34057Air yore heart in torment because ye hain''t ther Presi_dent_ of ther country, like Abe Lincoln was? 34057 Air you like ther balance of''em hyarabouts?"
34057Air you with us, too, Joe?
34057An''es fer yoreself-- does you take stock in thet damn''foolery, too?
34057And how do you aim to move them?
34057And this terrorization paralyzes your courts of justice?
34057And why? 34057 Blossom,"he began in a contrite voice,"ye''re mad at me, ai n''t ye?
34057Blossom,he gravely questioned her one day,"what makes ye so mindful of yore P''s and Q''s when ye he s speech with Jerry Henderson?"
34057Blossom,he whispered huskily,"Blossom-- ye did n''t... come over... hyar... because ye... because ye keered fer me, did ye?"
34057But how does ye aim ter persuade men ter forego blockadin''? 34057 But no man hain''t nuver been with us afore without he was oath- bound-- how did ye contrive hit?"
34057But what else is thar ter do? 34057 But ye hain''t a- goin''fer always?
34057Did I wake ye up?
34057Did he look like he mout be alive?
34057Did n''t ye know I he d work for ye ter do terday?
34057Did she?
34057Did ye keer-- thet much, Blossom?
34057Did ye know thet yore friend, Jerry Henderson, he d done come back?
34057Do n''t ye hear?
34057Do n''t ye see how hit is, Turney?
34057Do n''t ye see what''s done come ter pass? 34057 Do you mean that you suspect me of such a mission?"
34057Does n''t it work the same way in your district-- or materially the same? 34057 Does ye aim ter make me a present of a house?"
34057Does ye aim ter start acrost ther mounting?
34057Does ye mean fer mournin''?
34057Does ye mean thet-- thet despite last night-- ye keers fer me?
34057Does ye plumb pi''ntedly_ hev_ ter go over thar? 34057 Does ye reckon I''d go away an''leave ye hyar ter them wolves?"
34057Does ye understand me?
34057Does ye''low thet I''d be hidin''out ther man thet raided me?
34057Does ye''low they''re all Stacys-- or air thar some of our own kin mixed in with''em?
34057Does ye''low,he asked softly,"that I''d hev done_ thet_ ef he had n''t p''intedly an''severely bid me do hit?"
34057Does ye_ ree_cognize anybody else, thet war thar?
34057Dying?
34057Ef ye feels thet- a- way, Bud, why does yer consent ter grind corn fer blockaders?
34057Ever hear of Torment Henderson?
34057Hain''t she good enough-- fer you or any other man?
34057Hain''t thet right smart like a doctor a- comin''in ter cure a man,he inquired dryly,"a- fore ther sick person he s sent fer him?
34057Hain''t ye goin''ter house''em an''tend''em no longer yore own self?
34057Harvard? 34057 Have me way- laid,"repeated Jerry blankly,"what for?"
34057Have n''t I seen you before somewhar?
34057He knowed I aimed ter hev him tote thet gryste acrost ther ridge ter the tub- mill, did n''t he? 34057 Hell an''tormint, what_ air_ thet?"
34057Hell''s blazes, man, whar did ye drap from?
34057Hev any stills been tampered with among his own folks-- or air hit jest over hyar?
34057Hev ye any denial ter make? 34057 Hev ye folks done heered ther tidin''s?"
34057Hev ye raided any more stills?
34057How air Mr. Henderson? 34057 How came you here?"
34057How did this come to pass?
34057How''s all your folks?
34057How-- how did ye hear tell of this?
34057I reckon ye be Jerry Henderson, hain''t ye?
34057In God''s name why does ye have ter taunt me in this hour with reminders of all thet I''ve lived fer an''lost? 34057 Is hit-- about-- Turner?"
34057Is it?
34057Joe Stacy,repeated Henderson,"I''ve never met him, have I?"
34057Kin I holp ye in any fashion?
34057Kin ye hear me?
34057Kin ye identify any one man or more hyar, es them thet burned down yore dwellin''house? 34057 Lone,"he said,"thet firewood of yourn''s right green an''sappy, hain''t it?
34057Nobody else did n''t feel compelled ter hit him even oncet, did they?
34057Not be thar?
34057Of course ye knows, son, thet he hain''t never agoin''ter fergit hit? 34057 Oh, God,"she murmured,"why air hit thet we kain''t love best of all ther folks thet loves us most?
34057Or air ye jest plain skeered at ther idee of contraryin''Bear Cat Stacy?
34057Ratler, air ye in thar?
34057See thet white flower? 34057 Shell we tell Kinnard thet?"
34057So ye thinks thet even without no railroad this God- forsaken land kin still prosper somehow?
34057The laurel?
34057Then I kain''t dissuade ye? 34057 Then I''m not dangerous as an enemy?
34057Then if you are sent out, during this session of court,inquired the executive,"you agree to bring in whatever men are called to attendance?"
34057Then ye means thet hit hain''t a- goin''ter be jest preachin''? 34057 Ther more thar is of''em ther more ye gits, do n''t ye?"
34057Things I hev thet they lacks? 34057 Wa''al, why did n''t ye git him?"
34057Wa''al,came his crisp interrogation,"what does ye want of me?"
34057Wa''al,came the miller''s voice in a wrathful tremolo,"what business brings ye hyar es ef ye war aimin''ter lay- way somebody?
34057Wall then, what_ hain''t_ yore business?
34057War you boys a- sarchin''fer me?
34057Was... that... why you... saved me?
34057Well, boys,he genially inquired,"what did I tell ye?
34057Whar air she, maw? 34057 Whar air these places at, Joe?"
34057Whar air thet still ye spoke erbout-- Bear Cat Stacy''s still?
34057Whar air ye a- goin'', Bear Cat?
34057Whar am I''goin''? 34057 Whar are ye ridin''ter?"
34057Whar be ye a- goin'', Matthew Blakey?
34057Whar did he go to? 34057 Whar''s George Kelly?"
34057Whar''s Turner?
34057Wharfore in God''s name does ye stand thar preachin''at me?
34057What ails everybody hyarabouts?
34057What air a bear cat anyways? 34057 What brought ye?"
34057What did they all hev ter say about me?
34057What did ye see?
34057What does ye aim ter do erbout hit all?
34057What does ye aim ter do, Kinnard?
34057What does ye counsel then? 34057 What else would hit be?
34057What fer, Jud?
34057What law air thar fer a man ter sot out compellin''other men ter adopt his notions, I wants ter know?
34057What manner of deviltry air this?
34057What manner of furriner was he, Leander?
34057What manner of hell''s deviltry air all this?
34057What needcessity did he hev ter go away a- tall?
34057What next?
34057What proof hev ye got ter offer us?
34057What ther hell does ye mean? 34057 What would you advise, Uncle Israel?"
34057What''s his secret? 34057 What''s ther matter, Jud?
34057When am I supposed to perform this highly spectacular stunt?
34057Where-- am I?
34057Which way war they ridin''?
34057While you were working up this evidence,inquired his honor,"did you go out and try to talk to Bear Cat Stacy?"
34057Who air_ you_ ter talk of pledges?
34057Who are these preachers we''re going to hear?
34057Who attacked these men in my place? 34057 Who do ye think ye air-- God Almighty?"
34057Who give ye license ter come brow- beatin''yore elders? 34057 Why could n''t ye?"
34057Why did n''t Ratler git him then?
34057Why did n''t ye answer me?
34057Why do n''t none of''em ever git him? 34057 Why do n''t ye buy yoreself property whar ther railroad will come in yore own day, then?
34057Why do n''t ye git married again?
34057Why do n''t ye shoot?
34057Why were those letters not presented to the Court? 34057 Why wo n''t he be here?
34057Will ye all lay down yore arms, and surrender ther men we wants-- or will ye stand siege an''have this pest- house burnt down over yore heads? 34057 Will ye leave any message?"
34057Wilt thou have this- hyar woman fer thy wedded wife? 34057 Ye aims ter defy me, does ye?
34057Ye aims ter quit hit, does ye?
34057Ye ain''t-- ye ai n''t seen none of''em yourself, have ye, Leander?
34057Ye do n''t aim ter let''em penitenshery ye ergin, does ye?
34057Ye hain''t hardly got no tolerance fer drinkin'', he s ye, Bud? 34057 Ye knows I holds with ye es ter schools-- an''all fashion of betterment-- but what''s them things ter me now?
34057Ye seed me talkin''with a man out front thar jest now, did n''t ye? 34057 Ye seed''em go inter ther Quarterhouse, ye said?"
34057Ye spoke in thar of havin''personal knowledge thet ther railroad did n''t aim ter come acrost Cedar Mounting, did n''t ye?
34057Ye''ll fare right back again, wo n''t ye?
34057You damned murder hirelings, does ye think thet I''m ter be tuck prisoner by sneakin''weasels like you?
34057You had right- sore eyes then, did n''t you?
34057You mean that when you talk to me you think I''m comparing you with the girls I know down below, is n''t that it?
34057You, Turner, do n''t ye heer me a- callin''ye?
34057You-- a mountain man?
34057A leering smile parted the man''s lips over his yellow and uneven teeth:"So ye wo n''t partake of hit, old Bag- o''-bones, wo n''t ye?"
34057After a moment''s pause he added with a note of pride:"See thet flag?
34057Air he jest headstrong, maw, or air he so master big thet we kain''t comprehend him?
34057Air he still alive?"
34057Air hit as good as Berea?"
34057Air thet what ye means?"
34057Air ye a- goin''ter fergit yore dreams, because ther future''s black afore ye?
34057Air ye a- settin''on carpet tacks?"
34057Air ye goin''ter loan me thet gun of yore own free will or hev I got ter take hit offen ye?"
34057Air ye satisfied with hit?"
34057Are your judges free from the coercion of strong interests?
34057Are your jurors all willing to die for their duty?"
34057As he paused a sarcastic voice from the crowd demanded:"Will ye swear he did n''t aim ter break up ther meetin''neither?"
34057As he waved the muzzle about he stormed furiously:"Who laughed back thar?"
34057Because you''ll tell him to go?"
34057Blackwell?"
34057Blossom, afore I fares forth again?"
34057But when the cortège swung at length into an unfamiliar turning Jerry was startled and demanded sharply:"Why are we leaving the high road?
34057Ca n''t you slip over just long enough to shake hands with him?
34057Despite the urgency of word and tone the preacher hesitated to demand:"What business brings ye hyar in ther dead of night- time?"
34057Did n''t ye hear me whoop?"
34057Did ye reckon hit war love for ther man thet he d done stole everything I counted dear-- ther traitor thet betrayed my roof- tree?
34057Do n''t ye know full well thet when he grows up we''ll have ter git_ him_, too?
34057Do you know that on every day they did serve all twelve got anonymous letters threatenin''them with death?
34057Do you know that when you took the Henderson matter to the grand jury, nine men on the panel sought to be excused from service in fear of their lives?
34057Does airy one of ye aim ter dispute what I says?"
34057Does it lead anywhere in particular?"
34057Does ye aim ter destroy thet thing yoreself,--now,--or does ye want thet I brings fo''ce?"
34057Does ye aim ter-- ter co''te her?"
34057Does ye reckon I kin ever fergit hit?"
34057Does ye want ter go back thar ter Little Slippery?"
34057Ef ther pattern of life I''ve sot ye hain''t good enough, do ye think ye''re better than yore maw, too?"
34057Ef they kin, why do n''t they?
34057Es fer me I do n''t aim ter be took alive-- air ye of ther same mind?
34057For my sake ca n''t you come?
34057Hain''t I got no men thet hain''t damned bunglers?"
34057He could still stand-- but could he carry a man as heavy as himself?
34057He heard Bud Jason inquiring in tones no longer querulous but firmly indignant:"Is thet all ye come fer?
34057He said:''What manner of_ contrivance_ air thet?
34057He''s knowed from God''s Blessin''Creek ter Hell''s Holler by ther name of Bear Cat Stacy, hain''t he?
34057Henderson?"
34057Henderson?"
34057Henderson?"
34057Hev ye anything ter say?"
34057Hev ye seed him yit?"
34057How comes hit ther revenue did n''t seek ter arrest me, too?"
34057How could such things go on in the twentieth century?
34057I could n''t hardly deny him ther use of my mill even ef his corn_ he s_ got sprouts in ther grain two inches long, now, could I?"
34057I reckon we''ve got ter live somehow-- hain''t we?"
34057I reckon ye hain''t hardly got no objection, hev ye?"
34057I reckon ye suspicions who caused his death?"
34057I''ll be at yore house afore sun- up, an''I reckon ye kin hide me out thar fer a few hours while I sleeps, kain''t ye?"
34057If these men are your avowed enemies and in your power, why have you held your hand?"
34057In Satan''s name, what air hit?"
34057Is_ thet_ why ye do n''t delight in nothin''save dilitary dreams?"
34057It may take time-- and if I write to you, naming a place,--will you come to me?"
34057It''s only when I seek to be a friend that I need be feared?"
34057Kinnard Towers had scornfully questioned:"What makes ye so tormentin''mincy erbout ther kid?
34057Kinnard hain''t goin''ter escape scot- free?
34057Lone Stacy turned to his wife and lifted his hands with a gesture of baffled perplexity as he inquired,"Does ye understand ther boy?
34057Now air ye sich a sight better then yore maw was?"
34057Sidney?"
34057Stacy?"
34057Still she remained statuesque and voiceless, so the man went on:"Can you set me right?
34057Suddenly the miller laid a trembling hand on the boy''s arm and demanded in a hushed voice:"Why should n''t hit be you, Bear Cat?
34057Ter blackguard me?"
34057Thar hain''t but ther one way out, neither, is thar?"
34057Then irrelevantly she demanded,"How did ye git yore shoulder hurt?"
34057Then the strained posture relaxed and Bear Cat Stacy inquired in a tone of dead and impersonal calm:"Mr. Henderson, hev ye got a gun?"
34057Thet would mean bargains, would n''t hit?"
34057They would have listened to Brother Fulkerson-- but would they give_ him_ a hearing?
34057Was he to be regarded as a renegade or as one still entitled to recognition?
34057Was that fire to be quenched into the stale ashes of habitual drunkenness?
34057Whar is he now?"
34057Whar''s Blossom at?"
34057Whar''s he at now?
34057What air ye goin''ter do with hit?
34057What did ye come out with us fer?"
34057What does Turner need?"
34057What furtive mission was taking him out, pondered Henderson, into the laurel- masked hills at that hour?
34057What is it, that you do n''t understand, Turney?
34057What is it?"
34057What manner of things air them-- I mean----those?"
34057What put such an idea into your head?"
34057What should she do?
34057What will you- all have?"
34057What''s fagged him?
34057What''s thet ye''ve got thar?"
34057When I has ter leave''em I kain''t holp but study, s''pose ther house war ter ketch fire?
34057When did he come?
34057When eventually he entered the door of his house his mother looked across the dish she was drying to inquire,"Where''s yore paw at?"
34057Where''s your father?"
34057Who''s a- goin''ter deny me ther rightful license ter do hit?"
34057Why air my paw in jail?
34057Why air ye willin''ter venture hit?"
34057Why did Kinnard Towers counsel me ter go ter Virginny an''hide out?
34057Why did n''t Bear Cat Stacy say something?
34057Why did n''t somebody move?
34057Why do n''t his creditors fall on him and destroy him?"
34057Why should ther hand of anybody hev been lifted erginst him?
34057Will ye fight?"
34057Wilt thou love her, comfort her an''keep her in sickness an''in health?"
34057Would hit pleasure ye ter stop off thar an''enjoy a small dram?
34057Would n''t thet pay ye better?"
34057Ye aims ter come back ter me ergin in good time, do n''t ye?"
34057Ye aims ter go ahead with hit?"
34057Ye could n''t jest linger hyar in town twell ther night train pulls out an''go away on hit?"
34057Ye kin stand at ther mouth of a spring- branch an''smell a still- house cl''ar up on hits headwaters, kain''t ye?"
34057Ye said yore name war Jerry Henderson, did n''t ye?"
34057Ye sees how hit is, do n''t ye?"
34057Ye tole me yore name back thar-- in ther la''rel, did n''t ye?"
34057Ye''ve done broke turrible, hain''t ye?
34057Your mother says you came once just to get a book-- won''t you do that much for me?
34057_ Air_ they both of one mind?"
34057inquired a suave and amicable voice, and with a nod Jerry replied,"Yes-- and you are Joe Stacy?"
34057snarled Tate, though in the next breath, without realizing the anti- climax of his question, he added,"Why am I?"
48937About what?
48937Ai n''t I told you that we''re all officers of the law, and I''m sheriff of this here county, and I aim to do my duty as sworn to perform it? 48937 Ai n''t he the sweetest thing?"
48937Ai n''t nobody never goin''to dance?
48937Ai n''t that Flent Hands''s hawse?
48937Ai n''t that so, Callista?
48937Ai n''t ye gwine to stay to preachin''?
48937Ai n''t you afeared you''ll make him mad ef you take''em off?
48937Ai n''t you goin''to tell a body''howdy''?
48937Air you goin''with me? 48937 Air you right well?"
48937All of it?
48937An''you wo n''t let me come about any more-- you wo n''t speak to me?
48937And does the Bushareses and Adam Venable and his wife know hit? 48937 And where was you and Buck a- goin''?"
48937And you will sit alongside of me?
48937And you wo n''t go with me?
48937Anything the matter with you- all?
48937Are you aimin''to get''em to stop the marriage?
48937Are you going to trade, or are you not?
48937Brother Lance? 48937 Callista Gentry has n''t took you, has she?"
48937Callista, air you asleep?
48937Callista-- sweetheart,he whispered with his lips against her hair,"we do n''t want nothin''of them folks back there, do we?
48937Can you make out what it''s meant for?
48937Did Ellen and Jane cry much? 48937 Did n''t I tell you I was mighty busy?"
48937Did n''t you know about it? 48937 Did you build the chimney, Lance?"
48937Did you he''p Lance to choose Callisty''s slippers?
48937Did you send me word that you was a- goin''to have me call off the dances?
48937Did you sure enough[ 382]_ send_ that word by your father to the sheriff?--Did you_ say_ you''d give up and go in-- did you?
48937Did you- all have any idee as to what it would suit best for?
48937Do I think what''s wise?
48937Do n''t I tell you that it''s the ruination of the best of''em? 48937 Do n''t you want to come and go''long?
48937Do n''t you want to come in and see the new things Pappy brung up from the Settlement? 48937 Do you mean--?"
48937Do you reckon blue angels would be more better?
48937Do you think I''d lead the law to Buddy? 48937 Do you think I''d tell on my own brother?
48937Fixed it like that, do you mean?
48937Flenton, have they sent word to your Uncle Billy''s folks?
48937Good land, Polly-- cain''t you take this chap over yon in the woods and lose her?
48937Had n''t I better buy you a pair of slippers?
48937Have n''t got him named yet?
48937Have they?
48937Have ye, Callista?
48937Have you got any women''s slippers-- that size?
48937Have you got it with you?
48937He do n''t go off and leave you in this kind of weather without any wood?
48937How many miles, how many years?
48937How many years, how many miles, Far from the door where my darling smiles? 48937 How old is that chap back thar?"
48937How you come on, Sis''Callie?
48937How''s all your folks, Flent?
48937How''s that, Callista-- is it so for a fact?
48937I ax you, is it true?
48937I hear you''ve quit yo''husband-- is that so?
48937I wonder could you thread one for me, Callisty? 48937 I''m not saying anything against your speakin'', am I?"
48937I-- I thought ye was, or I-- ain''t ye gwine to stay?
48937I-- was you leavin''in thar becaze I come?
48937Is Mr. Gentry about the place?
48937Is he gone away?
48937Is it? 48937 Is that all, now, Liza?
48937Is there anyone else you''d wish me to bid, mother?
48937It-- it ai n''t yo''gospel quilt, Sis''Roxy, is it?
48937Lance ai n''t got any land cleared to speak of over on his place, and he ai n''t put in any crop; how air the both of''em to live? 48937 Lance, oh Lance!--ain''t it too bad?"
48937Lance, wo n''t you please lift that there coffee off o''the fire? 48937 Lance-- air you asleep?"
48937Liza, have you seed Callista anywhar''s?
48937Me settin''up to you?
48937Not you and Callista?
48937Now then, why need we talk of such this morning?
48937O- oo- oh,he said in a soft, careless voice,"did n''t you- all know that I aim to have dancin''?
48937Oh, Callisty, do n''t you- all want to come over to our house? 48937 Oh, Lance-- ain''t you a- goin''to come back and have the weddin''?"
48937Oh, Lance-- she ai n''t said yes, has she?
48937Oh, ye air, air ye? 48937 Oh, ye air, air ye?"
48937Oh,said Hands dropping back a step,"so if Lance wo n''t be friendly with me, you wo n''t neither-- is that it?"
48937Oh-- Flent''s dead then?
48937Oh-- one o''them thar_ di_-vo''ces, you mean?
48937Say Polly, you tell her I aim to have her do the callin''off-- you hear? 48937 Settin''up to you?"
48937Sylvane, whar''s that branch of leaves I sent you after?
48937Take Cindy-- from you?
48937That so?
48937That thar''s Jacob''s Ladder, Ellen-- don''t you see the postes, and the pieces a- goin''acrost?
48937There-- don''t you think that looks better?
48937They say that Flenton Hands is-- is-- Did you go to Flenton''s funeral, Ola?
48937They told me at Father Cleaverage''s that they was goin''to send here and fetch you in-- is that so?
48937They''ve started, have they?
48937Time?
48937W''y, Callisty honey,ejaculated Mrs. Gentry, examining her anxiously,"is anything the matter with Lance?"
48937Was you and Pap a- fussin''? 48937 We- e- ell, well,"he drawled, with a lazy laugh in his voice,"have you and Sis''Roxy made a match of it?
48937Well, air you going to promise me never to name it again?
48937Well, what are you going to do about selling the land?
48937Well, you and me ai n''t going to fuss, anyhow, are we, Ola?
48937Well, you''ll tell her that, wo n''t ye, Buddy?
48937Well,he prompted finally,"what''s the trouble?
48937Well-- have you studied?
48937Whar was you at?
48937Whar ye gwine?
48937Whar-- whar ye gwine, Lance?
48937Whar-- whar you goin''?
48937What Shall He Have Who Killed the Deer?
48937What about the Aspel Yearwoods out in Big Buck Gap-- has anyone went out there? 48937 What do you say, Callista?"
48937What do you think about it, Sis''Callie?
48937What for?
48937What has Flenton got to do with it?
48937What made you send Father Cleaverage with such word as that?--and never let me know!--Oh, Lance, what did you do it for? 48937 What preachers is a- comin''?"
48937What time will you- all be back?
48937What you pesterin''me about it for? 48937 What''d you eat?"
48937What''s that thar?
48937What''s the use of him settin''here all the time playin''for you- all to have fun, and him never gettin''any? 48937 What''s the use of telling him what he already knows mighty well and good?"
48937Where do the men live?
48937Where you goin''now?
48937Where''d I better take Sate?
48937Who said anything about wives and husbands?
48937Who you goin''to ride with, Callista?
48937Who''s with you-- who packed all this?
48937Whose chickens were they-- them you and Ola Derf caught?
48937Whose chickens?
48937Whose field are you going to?
48937Whose outfit did Pappy hire?
48937Why do n''t you put it up on his back?
48937Why do n''t you say it?
48937Why hain''t you bidden out all them folks in thar? 48937 Why, Lance, honey,"said the widow in a coaxing tone,"you ai n''t rightly ready for a wife, air ye?
48937Will you lead us to whar Lance is at, or will you not?
48937Wo n''t you come into the house? 48937 Wo n''t you go hunt up Callista and tell her I want her?
48937Women? 48937 Would you name it to her?"
48937Would you rather have your victuals raw?
48937Would you say so?
48937You ai n''t got another frock to yo''name'', an''what am I a- goin''to do with you?
48937You come up and tell me jest how Granny looked before you- all go, wo n''t you?
48937You goin''to ride with me to the buryin''tomorrow?
48937You hear now? 48937 You here, Callisty?"
48937You might speak for yourself-- but who''s to speak for me? 48937 You will?"
48937You''ll go over to Squire Ashe''s soon in the morning, wo n''t you Lance and see about the land?
48937You''ll trust me? 48937 You''re a- comin'', ai n''t you, Lance?"
48937You''re not going to leave us, air you?
48937You, Mary Ann Marthy, I do know in my soul you''the worst child the Lord ever made: Where do you expect to go to when you die? 48937 You-- you''re a- comin'', Lance?"
48937You-- you''ve done a sight of work on that, have n''t you, Sis''Roxy?
48937Your man?
48937''Nen Adams, he''s mad''caze he do n''t git none; an''--Mammy,"with a burst of tears,"is I thest like my uncle Lance?"
48937--and[ 61] again, out of colorless drumming,"How many years?
48937?"
48937A man that will do you this- a- way on yo''wedding day, what sort o''husband is he goin''to make?
48937Ai n''t got a word to say about how many rooms in the house, nor whar the shelves is to be, nor nothin''--eh?"
48937Ai n''t that about right?"
48937Ai n''t you never scared about what he might do?
48937Aimin''to put up a cabin-- fixin''to we d?"
48937Air ye hurt?"
48937And Faithful Yearwood, that married Preacher Crowley-- ain''t they livin''down in the Tatum neighborhood?"
48937And listen to the banjo; it was no wistful, questing melody of"How many miles, how many years?"
48937And though the little whistle went questing on with its"How many miles-- how many years?"
48937Are you a true friend, that does n''t want me to get snake bit?"
48937Are you all right till the folks get back?"
48937As Cleaverage walked away, the mother prompted, almost indignantly,[ 78]"Why did n''t ye go down to the draw- bars with him, Callista?
48937At the door his sister Roxy met him, clutching his arm, staring over his shoulder with fear- dilated eyes, and whispering huskily,"Whar is he?
48937Buck, cain''t you?"
48937But go now, honey, wo n''t you-- please?
48937But what of the bride?
48937But what''s a- goin''to be here?"
48937But-- I''ll ax you fa''r and open-- do you think hit''s wise?"
48937Cain''t we leave here?
48937Can Mammy''s gal say all that and say it right?"
48937Can she cut out a hickory shirt and make it?
48937Can she mix a decent pone o''corn bread, and bake it without burnin''half her fingers off?
48937Cleaverage?"
48937Could a man have asked more?
48937Could he not command the events and individuals of his own household by simply being himself?
48937Could he take them with him to that remote place where his spirit abode so often in loneliness?
48937Could n''t you lead to it?"
48937Could she kill a chicken and pick and clean it and cook it-- could she do it ef she was a starvin''?
48937Derf said the filly was named Cindy; but I call her Sin-- how do you like that?--Satan and Sin?"
48937Did memory come to either of the chill, inhospitable hearth she had once refused to tend?
48937Did n''t you know it, Callisty?"
48937Did not Adam, when Eve called him to help her with fresh roses for the bower she was decking, know the same?
48937Did old Fletch Daggett''s slovenly, overworked young wife cook any worse than she, Callista, had been able to?
48937Did she, Callista, compare in any way unfavorably with the Derf girl?
48937Did you want to see him special, Lance?"
48937Divide our hearts by pain and fears?"
48937Do n''t I know?"
48937Do n''t he look feisty?"
48937Do n''t you reckon that''d be the best way?"
48937Do n''t you- all want to have a little dance after the meeting''s out-- on the Threshin''-floor Rock up the branch?"
48937Do they fit ye, Callisty?"
48937Do you just despise all them that''s kin to-- would you ruther we did n''t have the boy?"
48937Do you reckon the meat fryings will make your fish taste all right?
48937Do you want me to buy her back for you?
48937Do you want to go now?"
48937Does that arm feel better now?"
48937Ef he comes to you with any sech, I want you to send for me to deal with him-- you hear?
48937For no reason which he could have given, the sound of a banjo whispered in his memory,"How many miles, how many years?"
48937Gentry?
48937Good, ai n''t they?"
48937Griever?"
48937Had he found Ola an entirely satisfactory companion?
48937Has Callista?
48937Have I asked yo''ruthers?
48937Have n''t you had about enough of this?"
48937Have ye told him adzackly the kind of house ye want?
48937Have you- all fixed for pumpkin[ 181] cutting?
48937He was taking a long breath, having barely got under way, when Lance stopped him with a curt,"Well,--are you goin''to do it-- or are you not?"
48937He went out then, only to come hurriedly back, reporting,[ 205]"I cain''t find any wood-- whar does Lance keep it?"
48937He''s liable to drop off any time; and who''d take Lance Cleaverage then, I''d like to know?
48937Here was the singer of"How many miles, how many years?"
48937How about you?"
48937How could he have done otherwise than he had done?
48937How dared he look like that-- as though he knew all her straits-- the shifts to which she was now reduced?
48937How did she look, honey?
48937How on earth did you get here-- all alone-- at night this- a- way?"
48937How"--and now the tones faltered a little--"how is she?"
48937I ai n''t fit to have Callista, is that it?
48937I''m goin''to make you take it back, and beg pardon for it on your knees, Flenton Hands-- on your knees, do you hear me?"
48937If a wedding without Lance was like that, what would the infare be in Lance''s own house?
48937In outward form these two were already his; could he make and hold them truly his own?
48937Is Mary a- comin''?"
48937Is that a- goin''to trouble you?
48937Is this yo''business?
48937It made no question now of"How many miles, how many years?"
48937It must be sun- up outside, ai n''t it?"
48937Just above his breath Lance voiced the words:"How many years, how many miles, Far from the door where my darling smiles?
48937Lance lay tensely quiescent a moment, then he questioned softly,"Is that a sign?"
48937Lance, did you hear me?"
48937Lance-- Won''t you go now, please, honey?
48937Lance-- aw, say, Lance-- do you?
48937Lance?
48937Lance?
48937Lance?
48937Lance?"
48937Must his child be born under the roof of another?
48937Now sons, now daughter, air ye ready?
48937Now, havin''a livin''wife and a infant child, he cain''t make no good deed without you sign; and what I want to know is, has he axed you to sign sech?
48937Oh, Callisty, air you goin''with me now?"
48937Oh, ai n''t it awful, Callista?
48937Reckon if you folks are givin''a dance you wo n''t heed a invite?
48937Shall I go-- or stay?"
48937She could a''done better-- that''s what you want to tell me, ai n''t it?"
48937She had no audience now-- how should she act, how demean herself so as to seem indifferent?
48937She resented the dismay in his face when he came back asking:"Do you know what''s come of that deer?
48937She''s just a little old gal, and you''re a good- sized crowd of able- bodied folks-- what harm can she do you?"
48937She''s quit her man; and do you think hit''s wise to visit so much at the house where she''s stayin''?
48937Sheriff!--hey, you, Beason!--Why do n''t you arrest that feller?"
48937Thar, ai n''t that fixed all right now?
48937That was right, was n''t it?
48937The only question is, how soon and how best can I get at Flenton Hands and stop it?"
48937The tune he whistled had in it reminiscences of Lance''s"How many years, how many miles?"
48937Then, as a second jerk shook and rattled the dangling bit of wood,"Ai n''t you got[ 107] no sense?"
48937There was no whisper now of"How many miles-- how many years?"
48937WHAT SHALL HE HAVE WHO KILLED THE DEER?
48937Was Vander Blackshears here?
48937Was he not man enough to rule his domestic affairs?
48937Was he so willing to send her where she would meet Flenton Hands?
48937Was not something due from Callista because she had him?
48937Was that a countenance asking sympathy, begging for quarter?
48937Was this Lance, the indifferent, taunting, insouciant, here under her window alone, looking up so at her-- playing, singing, to her?
48937Well, what then?
48937Whar''s Lance?"
48937What I want to know is whar he''s at and how bad hurt is he?
48937What are you offering?"
48937What did he say-- you ai n''t never told me that yit-- what did Lance say''bout the dancin''anyhow?"
48937What did you want to do that for?"
48937What do you aim to take for the debt as it stands, me to pay you today?
48937What had he come here for?
48937What makes you do so much of it, Sis''Callie?"
48937What now?"
48937What should she do?
48937What was he to do?
48937What was it he had thought to compass by coming here with her?
48937What was it she wanted to know of Lance?
48937What would I be doin''down thar amongst all tham men?
48937What you got it all dark here for, Lance?
48937What you needin''all this here money for, anyway?"
48937What''ll I do when they take you from me?
48937What''ll you take, Lance?"
48937What''s a''keepin''you?
48937What, at such a juncture, would be her attitude?
48937Where were the lightnings of Heaven, set apart for the destruction of the impious?
48937Where''s Mother?"
48937Who could the"somebody"waiting for her out there be-- somebody who arranged all these precautions with such care and exactness?
48937Who is it?"
48937Who of them all was the least bit like Lance, her man of men, with his quizzical smile, his blithe, easy mastery of any situation?
48937Who wants to kill you, you fool boy?"
48937Why ai n''t you been home, honey?
48937Why did n''t you tell me, and put my mind at rest?"
48937Why should I be mad at it?"
48937Why was the realization not enough?
48937Why wo n''t you come to my party?"
48937Why''n''t you git me that branch o''leaves, Sylvane?"
48937Will that suit?"
48937Would you call a whale a beast or a fish?"
48937Would you go fetch''em for me, Brother?"
48937Ye ai n''t goin''to be mad with us becaze Callista and her folks never was friendly with us, air ye?"
48937Yet of what use would such a piece of timber be to a woman?
48937Yet-- to be forgiven, to be accepted-- when had Lance Cleaverage ever desired such boons?
48937You can find work for Lance on the farm, cain''t ye, Pappy?"
48937You had n''t promised somebody else to ride with''em, had ye, Callisty?"
48937You will come, wo n''t you, Lance?"
48937You''ll be the first one to ride in it-- ain''t that fine?
48937Young Shalliday, he-- What preachers did Callisty say was a- comin''?"
48937[ 10]"Ye hear that, Callisty?"
48937[ 264]"You do?"
48937[ 308]"What is it to me where you come or where you stay?"
48937[ 76]"Well,"Grandfather Gentry began after a time,"ai n''t this ruther sudden?"
48937ai n''t that pretty?
48937how many miles?"
48937jeered the grandfather,"and who might you be, young feller?"
48937she cried,"what you studyin''about, Liza?
2059A girl, you say?
2059Ai n''t it fun?
2059All of them?
2059And did Jack go home?
2059And how is the spirit of''76?
2059And if that should take too long?
2059And if they aid their friends?
2059And if they give the oath and violate it?
2059And then I must come back to you?
2059And when will you begin war on women?
2059Anything else?
2059Are n''t you-- Chad?
2059Are you goin''my way?
2059Are you goin''to quit?
2059Are you going up to the college?
2059Are you hurt, Harry?
2059Are you wounded, too? 2059 Ask the time of day?"
2059Boy,he said,"do n''t you want to go to school-- you ought to go to school?"
2059Bring him over to dinner on Saturday, Cal-- you and Miss Lucy, wo n''t you? 2059 But where''s Dan?
2059Cal what?
2059Can I go, too?
2059Can you keep a secret?
2059Chad what?
2059D''you do this?
2059Dan, have n''t I told you not to tease Snowball?
2059Dan-- here?
2059De ahmy?
2059Did Dan do that? 2059 Did I say I was going to teach you to shoot, Chad?"
2059Did he ever speak of me except about business matters?
2059Did nobody ever tell you it was very bad for little boys to drink and chew?
2059Did the bullet pass through?
2059Did you get my note?
2059Did you kill him?
2059Did you know me?
2059Did you see any signs on the dawg when he got home?
2059Do n''t little boys down in the mountains ever say sir to their elders?
2059Do n''t you know it''s very bad for little boys to drink and chew?
2059Do n''t you know me, Hence?
2059Do n''t you suppose they know that? 2059 Do what?"
2059Do you know General Dean?
2059Do you know that his companion-- the man Dillon-- Jerry Dillon-- does?
2059Do you know that these men belonged to Morgan''s command?
2059Do you know whar Chad is?
2059Do you know what that is, Chad?
2059Do you remember the last thing I said to you?
2059Do you still call her Dixie?
2059Does everybody drink and chew down in the mountains?
2059Does your father live down in the mountains?
2059Fishin''?
2059General Ward''s compliments, and will Lieutenant Buford and Lieutenant Dean report to him at once?
2059Goin''to shoot ole Sally Perkins''s cow, air you?
2059Goin''to take me to prison? 2059 Good- by?"
2059Hain''t you nuver seed a nigger afore?
2059Harry?
2059Has that enJINE gone?
2059Has that enJINE gone?
2059Have a drink, Chad?
2059Have they got Jack?
2059Have you had any more tournaments?
2059Have you heard of him before?
2059Have you killed him?
2059He told you?
2059Hear that, Chad?
2059Here I am, Mr. Hunt,she said, lightly;"is this your dance?"
2059Hit ai n''t?
2059How AIR we goin''to git''em back?
2059How am I goin to git along without that dawg? 2059 How are you, Chad?"
2059How are you, John? 2059 How close was you to him?"
2059How dare General Ward broach that matter again? 2059 How did you happen to come away?"
2059How do you git thar?
2059How do you like''em?
2059How fer is it to Uncle Joel Turner''s?
2059How many horses are there on the place, Mammy?
2059How much am I offered?
2059How''d you like it, Chad?
2059I beg your pardon-- Dan''l Boone did you say?
2059I reckon I would; but how am I goin''to school, now, I''d like to know? 2059 I wonder if it''ll make any difference if I go up thar?"
2059If they do n''t?
2059In college?
2059Is Miss Margaret at home?
2059Is Mr. Harry going, too?
2059Is he all right?
2059Is it important?
2059Is it true that a Confederate sympathizer will be shot down if on the streets of Lexington?
2059Is that you? 2059 Jack,"said Chad,"did you kill that sheep?"
2059Ketchin''any?
2059Kill my dawg, will he?
2059May I propose a toast, General Dean?
2059Now, why wo n''t you go back just because you hain''t got no daddy an''mammy?
2059Oh,she said,"that was it, too, was it?
2059Pioneering, Major?
2059Sits the wind in that corner? 2059 Squirrel- huntin''?"
2059Takin''up agin yo''neighbors fer a wood- colt, air ye?
2059Tell me when I say things wrong?
2059The Turners went down, did n''t they, Melissa?
2059The mountains?
2059The war is over,she said, and Chad spoke eagerly:"And you''ll call me?"
2059Then whut did you come fer?
2059Then why did n''t you speak to me?
2059Then, why do n''t you go?
2059There?
2059They''ve lef''me-- they''ve lef''me,he said, and then, controlling himself:"Is thar another goin''?"
2059Think you can stick on?
2059Want to fish?
2059Was that Captin Morgan?
2059Well, do n''t you want to ride?
2059Well, whar is Whizzer?
2059Well, what of it?
2059Well?
2059Whar was Whizzer?
2059Whar was Whizzer?
2059Whar you from, little man, an''whar you goin'', an''what mought yo''name be?
2059Whar you goin''?
2059Whar you gwine, Mars Chad?
2059Whar''s yo''string?
2059What are you doin''up here?
2059What became of Snowball?
2059What did old Lincoln say?
2059What do you know about it? 2059 What do you mean, sir?"
2059What do you want in Lexington?
2059What does this mean?
2059What is it, Chad?
2059What is the name, please?
2059What is your business?
2059What was they?
2059What will you do if you do n''t?
2059What''re you doin''sneaking around in the brush?
2059What''s his name?
2059What''s irrelevant?
2059What''s the matter Chad? 2059 What''s the matter with you, Chad?
2059What''s the matter with you, Hence?
2059What''s the matter?
2059What''s the news, Chad?
2059What''s them?
2059What''s your brother with?
2059What''s your name?
2059What''s your name?
2059What-- missed only once?
2059What? 2059 What?
2059What?
2059When did they go?
2059When?
2059Where are you from, little man?
2059Where did you get this?
2059Where did you learn to ride, boy?
2059Where is Margaret, mother?
2059Where is she?
2059Where is the Commandant?
2059Where you living?
2059Where''m I goin''to see you?
2059Where''s YO''mammy?
2059Where''s yo''dog?
2059Where''s-- where''s Jack?
2059Who are you?
2059Who struck first?
2059Who struck first?
2059Who were they, Tom?
2059Who''s seen Whizzer?
2059Who''s that?
2059Whut you got to do with this, Tom Turner?
2059Whut''d you say, Lissy?
2059Whut''ve them fellers got on their faces?
2059Why did n''t you shoot him?
2059Why did n''t you speak to me?
2059Why do n''t you, Chad?
2059Why wo n''t you go back no more, Chad?
2059Why, Aunt Betsey,called Chad,"do n''t you know me?"
2059Why, Dan, is that you?
2059Why, are n''t you the boy who was out at Major Buford''s once?
2059Why, are n''t you the little boy who bought a horse from me in town the other day?
2059Why, papa?
2059Why, papa?
2059Why, who''s that?
2059Why, yes,said Chad, startled;"how did you know?"
2059Why?
2059Will it keep me from gittin''to be a BIG man?
2059Will you help me?
2059Will you let me go see him to- night?
2059Will you make him a lieutenant?
2059Will you pardon me, Miss Margaret? 2059 Will you say''nough fer him?"
2059Will you say''nough for him?
2059Will you take me?
2059Wo n''t you take the flag down?
2059Wo n''t you take the flag down?
2059Wo n''t you tell me something about Major Buford? 2059 Would n''t you like to stay here in the Bluegrass now and go to school?"
2059Yes-- ain''t you Margaret-- Miss Margaret?
2059You HAIN''T?
2059You are going West-- to live?
2059You are going far North?
2059You back again?
2059You foolin''this ole nigger, Mars Chad, ai n''t you?
2059You gwine to fight de Yankees?
2059You know, of course, that your brother belongs to Morgan''s command?
2059You mean Major Buford?
2059You rickollect Jake and Jerry Dillon?
2059You want to join the army?
2059You will not fight on Kentucky soil?
2059You-- YOU did that, Margaret?
2059Your war on women has begun, then?
2059Again his tone gave her vague alarm, but she asked:"Why did n''t you speak to me?"
2059Again the instrument clicked and Lightning listened, smiling:"Will there be any danger coming to Midway?"
2059Against such a man what chance had he?
2059Ai n''t you glad, Lissy?"
2059And Caleb Hazel said that he would go down on a raft in the spring and perhaps Chad could go with him who knew?
2059And Chad?
2059And what else could the Turners do but establish Jack''s character and put in a plea of mercy-- a useless plea, old Joel knew-- for a first offence?
2059And with each sentence Nathan would call for confirmation on a silent, dark- faced daughter who sat inside:"Did n''t he, Betsy?"
2059Are you sick?"
2059Are you--?"
2059As we passed the penitentiary, he turned with a yawn-- and said, in a matter- of- fact way:"''That''s where Morgan is kept, is n''t it?"
2059At once Chad began to ply both with questions-- where was Uncle Joel and the boys and the school- master?
2059Buford?"
2059But where was Dan?
2059But where was Jack?
2059But, Jack-- what should be done with Jack?
2059Ca n''t we go over there tonight?
2059Can you keep another secret?"
2059Chad laughed:"Do you think it will stunt my growth?"
2059Chad panted--"Where''s--?"
2059Chad started joyfully, but the old mother called from the door:"Who''s a- goin''to take this gal to school, I''d like to know?"
2059Could he have come back?"
2059D''I say one word?"
2059Dean?"
2059Did Dan do that?"
2059Did n''t I tell you hit was irrelevant?"
2059Did n''t you know me?"
2059Did old Joel know where Nathan Cherry lived?
2059Do n''t know your own name?"
2059Do you know what he said?
2059Do you think that you can make it?
2059Do you understand that?"
2059Ever heard of him?"
2059Forever?
2059Goin''to take me out to shoot me, Yank?
2059Goin''up to ole Joel''s?"
2059Going into the regular army?"
2059Going to stay long?"
2059Had he heard aright?--could he have misunderstood her?
2059Had the dream of years really come true?
2059Harry?"
2059Have you anything to say to him?"
2059Have you succeeded this time?"
2059He looked almost frightened when Dolph ran back into the room and cried:"Who was that a- pickin''that banjer?"
2059Hence put one finger on one side of his nose-- still speaking in a low tone:"Whut''d I say, Chad?
2059Here, Mammy-- eh, what''s yo''name, boy?
2059Hit do n''t make no difference to us, which s''prises which-- does it?"
2059How air ye, Chad?
2059How are things on Kingdom Come?"
2059How could Morgan have heard of it so soon, and how could he have got this note to me?
2059How could a dog that would guard one lone helpless lamb all night long take the life of another?
2059How did they stay there?
2059How do you know he''s a wood- colt-- an''suppose he is?
2059How far is Dillon''s hiding- place from where Morgan is?"
2059How many times did you shoot, Chad?"
2059How''s that?
2059Howdye, Dick?"
2059Is he dead?"
2059Just outside he saw the Major, whose eyes opened wide:"Where''d you get that old horse, Chad?"
2059May I carry it for you?"
2059May I come to tell you good- by?
2059My pistol was empty, and do you know what he did?
2059Once only Dan voiced his own trouble:"What are you going to do, Chad-- now that this infernal war is over?
2059Or he might stay in the"settlemints"--what had he come for?
2059Perhaps the Major would see him-- but how would the Major know the school- master?
2059Presently the Major got up and went to the sideboard and poured out a drink of whiskey and, raising it to his lips, stopped:"Will you join me?"
2059Sell that colt?
2059So, the Major thought and thought suppose-- suppose?
2059Straight she walked to the foot of the steps, and there she stopped, and, pushing her bonnet back, she said, simply:"Are you Mar- ga- ret?"
2059The Major laughed:"You ai n''t gettin''hungry so soon, are you?
2059The dog dropped behind, but the man''s quick eye caught him:"Where''d that dog come from, Chad?"
2059The mighty columns, the stone steps-- where had Chad heard of them?
2059There was no use worrying Mother Turner-- she feared even to tell her-- but what should she do?
2059There was the old barn and he could make out one of the boys feeding stock and another chopping wood-- was that the school- master?
2059Thereafter, the world changed for Chad, for is there any older and truer story than that Evil has wings, while Good goes a plodding way?
2059Was that bluegrass?
2059Was there anybody in the world who would n''t take in a stranger for the night?
2059Was there anything that Caleb Hazel had not told him?
2059Was this another phase of her unceasing coquetry?
2059Whar''s that sheep, Daws?"
2059What did Davis say?"
2059What kin does that make us?"
2059What was he fighting then-- ah, what?
2059What was it she had said?
2059What would Melissa say?
2059What''d you give for her?"
2059Where had so many people come from?
2059Where is Dan?"
2059Where was Jack?
2059Where was the school- master?
2059Where were the Bluegrass Yankees now?
2059Who can tell what the nation owed, in Kentucky, at least, to the passionate allegiance that was broadcast through the State to Henry Clay?
2059Who comes there?"
2059Who could know what danger threatened it when she sent her blue- eyed men and women to people the wilderness of the New World?
2059Who goes there?"
2059Who had cut them and where and when and why?
2059Why are you bringing ME here?"
2059Why do n''t you go over to the Dillons?"
2059Why?
2059Will you shake hands with me, father?"
2059Would he ever see her again?
2059Would she ever see another spring?
2059Would that tide never come?
2059You believe that, do n''t you, Chad?
2059You got my mother''s message?"
2059You gwine to come back soon?"
2059he asked and, as the old hunter did not answer, he added, sharply:"Air you afeerd, Joel Turner, that you ai n''t a- goin''to git justice from ME?"
2059he gasped,"what''d you mean?"
2059or"Was n''t he, gal?"
2059said Joel,"how air we goin''to git them sheep back?"
2059what should he do-- what should he do?
2059what''s his name, Dolph?
7776''And under the X- ray scrutiny of this profound analysis,''he quoted with a laugh,"do you like me?"
7776About what, Captain?
7776About what?
7776Against what?
7776Air the truce busted?
7776Air we?
7776Air ye a- goin''?
7776Air ye goin''ter be ag''inst me, too? 7776 Air you men willin''ter take my word about Tamarack?"
7776Air you- all''lowin''thet I shot them shoots from the laurel?
7776Am I so very funny?
7776Am I?
7776An''ef ye do n''t pay the fine?
7776And under the X- ray scrutiny of this profound analysis,she laughed,"do you like me?"
7776Are we still going toward Samson South''s house?
7776Besides your own holdings in a lot of railways and things, you handle your mother''s and sisters''property, do n''t you?
7776Busy?
7776But hit only takes one ter do the paintin'', do n''t hit?
7776But now--?
7776But will you kindly speak with the Macdougal Street Police Station?
7776But, Drennie,he said, gently,"suppose the young eagle is the only one that knows how to fly-- and suppose he could teach the others?
7776Can I smile,she queried obediently,"or do I have to keep my face straight?"
7776Did n''t ye hear Samson say ye was n''t never ter speak ter me?
7776Did n''t you hear him say the Manhattan Club?
7776Do I stop now?
7776Do n''t ye sell tickets ter New York?
7776Do n''t you know better than to tote a gun around this town?
7776Do you consent to being friends with me?
7776Do you fancy that Samson South could have taken me to the Wigwam Road- house if I had not cared to go with him?
7776Do you find it anything like the thing expected?
7776Do you have to consult a note- book to answer those questions?
7776Do you know me?
7776Do you know the reputation of that newspaper?
7776Do you shoot?
7776Do you want a Pullman reservation?
7776Does Billy Conrad still keep store at Stagbone?
7776Does anybody live on Misery that-- er-- that you might suspect?
7776Does they know thet ye shot them shoots at Jesse Purvy?
7776Does ye love hit better''n ye do me, Samson?
7776Drennie, for the nine- hundred- thousandth time; simply, in the interests of harmony and to break the deadlock, will you marry me?
7776Drennie,he groaned,"do you keep your heaven locked behind a gate of the Needle''s Eye?
7776Drennie,he said, softly,"is there anything the matter with her?"
7776Ef I went down thar,he questioned suddenly and irrelevantly,"would I hev''ter cut my ha''r?"
7776Ef somebody was ter ask ye ter describe the shape of a rainstorm, what would ye say?
7776Even if what I said did n''t happen to be particularly commendatory?
7776George Lescott?
7776Goin''back thar on Misery?
7776Good Lord, Drennie, how can I answer all those questions off- hand? 7776 Had n''t ye better take a lantern?"
7776Hain''t I got a license ter tell Sally the news?
7776Hain''t ye a- goin''ter take hit with ye, Samson?
7776Has n''t it occurred to you,she demanded,"that in a way you are wasting your gifts?
7776Has the water flowed by my mill, Wilfred?
7776Have I enough of it, to ask you to do for her what you did for me? 7776 Have you an appointment?"
7776Have you had any other threats?
7776He lives this way?
7776He s that low- down Tamarack Spicer been round here tellin''ye some more stories ter pester ye?
7776He''s a member, is n''t he?
7776Here,suggested Lescott, handing him a tube of Payne''s Gray:"is that what you''re looking for?"
7776Hev ye been thar, stranger?
7776Hev ye decided, Samson,he inquired,"thet ye was right in yer notion''bout goin''away?"
7776Hev ye done been follerin''atter this here puny witch- doctor twell ye ca n''t keep a civil tongue in yer head fer yore elders? 7776 Hev ye done got too damned good fer yore kin- folks, Samson South?"
7776Hevn''t ye noticed a right- smart change in Samson?
7776How air ye this mornin'', Sally Miller?
7776How did ye know?
7776How do you know these two men have not already met-- and amicably?
7776How in hell did ye git into town?
7776How long air they a- goin''ter keep ye hyar?
7776How long will it take you?
7776How''d ye git hurt?
7776How''d ye git in the jail- house?
7776How?
7776Howdy, Sally?
7776Howdy?
7776I guess I could assume control, but what would I do with it?
7776I mean about me?
7776I reckon I''ve got yore promise thet Mr. Lescott hain''t a- goin''ter be bothered afore I gits back?
7776I reckon thet''s my business, hain''t hit?
7776I reckon ye do n''t''low ter pay hit, do ye?
7776I reckon ye''ll go over thar with me, wo n''t ye, Sally?
7776I suppose I''ll be called on to go and get him?
7776I want to ask you whether, if these dogs want to cross your fence, I have your permission to let them?
7776If it''s not an impertinent question, what part of the mountains have you been visiting?
7776In a half- dozen other things equally important?
7776In short, your charge is that I am a shirker-- and, since it''s the same thing, a coward?
7776In the Consolidated Seacoast?
7776In the name of God,he incredulously asked,"what manner of man are you?"
7776Influenced me, Drennie?
7776Is he comin''by hisself?
7776Is it possible you have n''t heard? 7776 Is it"--he put the question with foreboding--"that, after all, I was a prophet?
7776Is there any special South, who might have a particular grudge?
7776Is there anything you ca n''t do?
7776It is nice, is n''t it?
7776Kain''t ye never keep outen trouble?
7776Kinder stranger in this country, hain''t ye, Jim?
7776Knew what?
7776May I ask,Adrienne inquired,"what you fancy constitutes your right to assume this censorship of my conduct?"
7776May I tell you something which, although it''s a thing in your own heart, you have never quite known?
7776Mind ef I rides with ye es fur es Jesse''s place?
7776Mountaineer?
7776Oh, Samson, did ye--?
7776Red Bill Hollman''s house, at the mouth of Meeting House Fork; do you know the place?
7776Ridin''over ter Misery?
7776Rough- looking sort?
7776Shall I have him come?
7776Shall I throw these damned murderers out of here, or will you go into another room and talk?
7776So yer quittin''?
7776So, that''s the specific charge, is it?
7776South,he said,"would you mind shaking hands with me?
7776Stranger,he ventured,"ef hit hain''t askin''too much, will ye let me see ye paint one of them things?"
7776That would be in the nature of referring back, would n''t it? 7776 Then, there is something else?"
7776Then, you refuse?
7776Thet you, Samson?
7776This is Mr. South, is n''t it?
7776Three quarters of a mile?
7776To what end?
7776Was the brotherly sentiment addressed to me?
7776We start back to New York to- morrow, do n''t we? 7776 Well, what do you want me to do?"
7776Well,he said, with a smile,"shall I Introduce you people, or have you already done it for yourselves?"
7776Were you--she paused, and added rather timidly--"were you in the court- house?"
7776Whar hev ye been?
7776Whar is he at?
7776What air hit, Samson? 7776 What air hit?"
7776What air ye a- reachin''atter, Tam''rack?
7776What are people saying?
7776What are those?
7776What are you going to do about it?
7776What business did ye have hyar in Hixon?
7776What caused the change of heart? 7776 What d''ye mean, Brother Spencer?"
7776What damn fool stuff hev ye been tellin''Sally?
7776What did they say?
7776What do you mean?
7776What do you mean?
7776What does it mean?
7776What does ye mean?
7776What does ye want?
7776What have I done now?
7776What idiocy are you contemplating now?
7776What is it that-- that you see now?
7776What manner of deviltry hev ye been into now, Tam''rack?
7776What news?
7776What news?
7776What of hit?
7776What of hit?
7776What of hit?
7776What of hit?
7776What orders?
7776What other fellow?
7776What sort of lookin''feller air he?
7776What was ye a- goin''ter tell me?
7776What''s singular?
7776What''s the matter with Unc''Spicer?
7776What''s the matter with Wilfred Horton?
7776What''s the matter with these boys?
7776What''s the matter, Sally?
7776What''s the matter?
7776What''s the use of making a lion of you, if you wo n''t roar for the visitors?
7776What''s ther matter, Sally?
7776What''s ther matter?
7776What''s thet?
7776What''s thet?
7776What''s your game?
7776When does ye''low ter commence paintin''?
7776Where did you meet that man?
7776Where have you been hiding?
7776Where were you?
7776Where''d ye put up last night?
7776Where''s your luggage? 7776 Who and where is Samson?"
7776Who is Mr. George Lescott, and where''s his hang- out?
7776Who is hit?
7776Who said a South has done busted the truce this time?
7776Who''ll I git hit from?
7776Who''s been a- talkin''ter ye?
7776Who''s goin''ter take hit ter town fer ye?
7776Why did n''t ye axe him,growled the kinsman of the man who had been shot,"whar the other feller''s at?"
7776Why did n''t you answer your''phone?
7776Why did n''t you bring your barbarian with you?
7776Why do n''t you leave the mountains?
7776Why do you have to make war-- to be chronically insurgent?
7776Why hain''t it?
7776Why in heck do n''t we run this here pink- faced conjure- doctor outen the mountings?
7776Why not?
7776Why the devil should n''t we? 7776 Why was it necessary?"
7776Why was n''t yer hyar when them dawgs come by? 7776 Why, I mean who are you?"
7776Why, dear?
7776Why?
7776Why?
7776Will they accept them even from you?
7776Will they be apt to give us trouble?
7776Will ye come ter me?
7776Will ye go ter the party with me, Sally?
7776Will you have anything to ask me when Christmas comes?
7776Will you please have George look after things, and make the necessary excuses to my sitters? 7776 With the what?"
7776With your friends, who are also share- holders, you could assume control of the_ Morning Intelligence_, could n''t you?
7776Wo n''t you sit down?
7776Wo n''t you turn in here,he suggested,"and assuage your thirst?"
7776Would I have to wear my wedding ring in my nose?
7776Would it?
7776Ye come from over on Crippleshin?
7776Ye mean--she put the question with a hurt quaver in her voice--"ye mean we all hain''t good enough fer Samson?"
7776Ye still got yore right hand, hain''t ye?
7776You are a director in the Metropole Trust Company?
7776You ca n''t do it in a half- hour, can you?
7776You do n''t like it, Drennie?
7776You mean you are going to go over there where the Souths are intrenched, where every road is guarded?
7776You think so? 7776 Your pardon for what?
7776... Do n''t you see that I was brought here to murder you?"
7776..."No, hev you?"
7776A clerk at a store where he stopped for tobacco inquired as he made change:"Heered the news, stranger?"
7776Adrienne had the power of melting masculine diffidence, and her smile as she rode at his side, and asked,"What is your name?"
7776Air ye a- goin''ter quit, or air ye a- goin''ter stick?
7776Am I no nearer the goal?"
7776And Sally-- would she be changed?
7776And, if not, was it Samson''s custom to call her up every evening for a good- night message?
7776Anything the matter with ye?"
7776Are we going to stand by and see this go on?"
7776Are you armed?"
7776Are you holding a job under the State of Kentucky, or under the Hollman faction of this feud?
7776At last he inquired:"Did you succeed up there-- as a painter?"
7776At last, however, her restraint broke, and, looking up, she abruptly demanded:"Air ye a- goin''away, Samson?"
7776At last, she asked:"Do you ever find yourself homesick, Samson, these days?"
7776At last, the elderly man came alongside the mule, and inquired:"Samson, where was ye last night?"
7776At the door, he turned on his heel:"Where can Judge Smithers be found at this time of day?"
7776Axe them fellers in thar who''s been hyar thet hain''t hyar now?
7776But they had much to say to each other, and, finally, Samson broke the silence:"Did ye think I was n''t a- comin''back, Sally?"
7776By the way, may I drive with you to- morrow afternoon?"
7776Ca n''t ye trust me?
7776Callomb stood for a moment inside the door, and, when he spoke, it was to demand crisply:"Well, what are you going to do about it?"
7776Could he paint pictures in the mountains?
7776Could it be that Samson meant to tell Adrienne Lescott what had transpired?
7776Did you come to meet me?"
7776Did you or did you not kill Purvy and Hollis?"
7776Did you see anything of a brown mule?"
7776Do n''t ye see that I wants ter have a chanst?
7776Do n''t you see?
7776Do n''t you think I might claim friendship with George''s friends?"
7776Do we coöperate-- or fight?"
7776Do we fight now, and shake hands afterward, or do we shake hands without fighting?"
7776Do you hear?
7776Do you remember?"
7776Ef ye air so shore of him, why wo n''t ye tell us whar he is now?"
7776Finally, she glanced up, and asked with plucked- up courage:"Stranger, what mout yore name be?"
7776For no visible reason, she flushed, and her next question came a trifle eagerly:"Do you mean that I have influenced you?"
7776Had he done so?
7776Have n''t I?"
7776Have you done that, Drennie?"
7776Have you killed any of them?"
7776Have you-- and South-- wiped your feet on the doormat marked''Platonic friendship''?
7776He had not outgrown hate, then?
7776He paused, then eagerly asked:"Stranger, kin you look at the sky an''the mountings an''hear''em singin''--with yore eyes?"
7776Hev ye heered the news?"
7776Hollman threw the letter down on his desk with a burst of blasphemy:"Have him come?"
7776How air ye?"
7776How did you like my writing?"
7776How do ye know that?"
7776How is Purvy terday?"
7776I reckon hit would take passels of money, would n''t hit?"
7776I reckon you know what it is?"
7776I''m Farbish, and I had the pleasure of meeting you"--he paused a moment, then with a pointed glance added--"at the Manhattan Club, was it not?"
7776If I telephone you some day when we can have the school- room to ourselves, will you come up?"
7776If Samson left, would he ever return?
7776If he did, what would he do with them?
7776If he went back to that hermit life, would he not vindicate his uncle''s prophecy that he had merely unplaced himself?
7776In God''s name, what has changed you?"
7776Is there anything suspicious?"
7776It makes you happier than is good for you, but----""It''s a terrible thing to make me happy, is n''t it?"
7776May I ask to whom I''m indebted for this first aid to the injured?"
7776May I have till Christmas to make up my mind for all time?
7776Might not the old man after all be right?
7776Must we go to bed disappointed?"
7776My God, Drennie, do n''t you see that I''m afraid to answer that?"
7776Now, actually with saddlebags?"
7776Now, will you give me three minutes to show you that you are not acting fairly, or nicely at all?"
7776Old Spicer South glanced up, and removed his pipe from his mouth to inquire:"Whar be ye a- goin''?"
7776One day, Adrienne looked up from a sheaf of his very creditable landscape studies to inquire suddenly:"Samson, are you a rich man, or a poor one?"
7776Only, do n''t you see I ca n''t be quite sure I''m not?
7776Shall I git him?"
7776She paused, then, looking very directly at the Kentuckian, inquired,"And where did you meet him?"
7776South?"
7776South?"
7776South?"
7776South?"
7776Still, he gazed directly into the faces of his captors, and inquired with a cruelly forced calm:"Does ye''low ter take me ter the jail- house?"
7776Suppose we begin teaching each other?"
7776Surely, you are not distrustful of Samson''s loyalty?
7776Them dawgs----""Did n''t I tell ye ter shet up?"
7776Then he added suspiciously:"What mout yer business be in these parts, stranger?"
7776Then, his words came softly, and not his own words, but those of one more eloquent:"''Who hath desired the Sea?
7776Then, with a piquing of his masculine vanity, he demanded:"Hain''t ye a- keerin'', Sally, whether I goes, or not?"
7776They grinned at him, and, recognizing the outsider from his clothes, one of them commented:"Ai n''t this the hell of a town?"
7776They nodded, and Asberry whispered a name:"Samson South?"
7776To take her and teach her the things she has the right to know?"
7776Was Tamarack held as a feud victim, or was his arrest legitimate?
7776Was he, after all, the braggart who boasted of his fights?
7776We kain''t leave him layin''thar, kin we?"
7776Whar''s Tam''-rack?"
7776What are they waiting for?"
7776What course was open to him now, except that of following the precedent of the other Samson, of pulling down the whole temple of his past?
7776What do we want him to come here and spill the milk for?
7776What do you suggest?"
7776What do you think of it?"
7776What else could three quarters mean?
7776What fer hev ye fetched yer gun ter the field?"
7776What tradition had he kept inviolate?
7776What was that rhyme you used to quote to me when you began to teach me manners?"
7776What would you do in such company?"
7776What''s he charged with?"
7776When he did, it was to ask:"Is the widder asleep?"
7776When he had seen other women and tasted other allurements would he, like Ulysses, still hold his barren Ithaca above the gilded invitation of Calypso?
7776Where did you breeze in from, young fellow?"
7776Where had this mountaineer with the steady eyes and the clean- cut jaw learned the niceties of military etiquette?
7776Who in the hell do you work for, Judge- for- the- moment Smithers?
7776Why could n''t you stay put?"
7776Why did n''t ye tell me Jesse Purvy''d done been shot?"
7776Why had these things been left here in such confusion?
7776Why hain''t you in bed?"
7776Why not now?"
7776Why should he wait?
7776Why was ye the only South thet runned away, when they was smellin''round fer Jesse Purvy''s assassin?"
7776Why would he come back?"
7776Will you get off for your customary shooting?"
7776Will you kindly tell me my master''s real name?"
7776Would he remember when she had said that before?
7776Would she pass muster?
7776Ye do n''t''low ter go right away, do ye?"
7776Ye''re the purtiest gal in the mountings, an''----""Will ye git out, or hev I got ter drive ye?"
7776he commanded,"or shall I come an''git ye?"
7776he questioned in admiration, then demanded, with the touch of homesickness in his voice,"Are there any mountains down there?"
26527A little befo''sundown?
26527Ai n''t Uncle Jep goin''to be proud when he sees how well you air?
26527Ai n''t it fine? 26527 Ai n''t it mighty curious to be goin''up so?"
26527Ai n''t that so?
26527Ai n''t they beginnin''ruther young?
26527Ai n''t you done a favour to the both of''em? 26527 Air her and Creed Bonbright goin''to be wedded?"
26527Air ye hurt? 26527 All right-- we''ve got yo''word for it, have we?"
26527An''Elder Drane? 26527 An''ye think ye wo n''t go to meeting this fine sunshiny Sabbath mornin'', Sister Barrier?"
26527And did ye aim to have Creed go along of ye?
26527Are any of the boys about?
26527Are you pestered about that word I sent Creed Bonbright by you?
26527Are you under conviction of sin, sister?
26527Aw, big- mouthed, big- talkin''brood-- what do I keer for them?
26527But it do n''t make any differ between you an''me, does it, honey?
26527But nobody else can have her now, can they? 26527 By jumpin''on to him somewhere out at night, four to one-- or even three to one?"
26527Ca n''t I sit up-- and wo n''t you sit down here by me and talk awhile?
26527Cain''t she come over and visit me when she has a mind?
26527Can I help you?
26527Creed Bonbright,echoed her uncle;"what''s he got to do with it?
26527Creed,she began again,"what shall I do for you now?
26527Creed,she whispered,"air ye better?"
26527Did I meet who, Creed?
26527Did he name anything about a weddin''in church?
26527Did it do any good? 26527 Did n''t I hear somebody outside?
26527Did n''t you- all hear somethin''?
26527Did you find Blatch?
26527Did you meet her goin''out?
26527Do n''t Bonbright know folks? 26527 Do n''t ye ricollect?
26527Do n''t you know I went down to Hepzibah after you said you was goin''to have a play- party?
26527Do n''t you mind namin''it to me the first time she slipped in to visit you?
26527Do n''t you want''em, Creed?
26527Do you care? 26527 Do you hold with them?"
26527Do you know of any sech? 26527 Do you know whar Huldy''s gone?"
26527Do you mind givin''me some breakfast, Jude?
26527Do you reckon he''ll live with you again when he comes back into the mountains?
26527Do you reckon hit''d do me any good?
26527Do you reckon they would listen to me? 26527 Do you remember telling me that the trouble with my work on the mountain was, I was one man alone?
26527Do you think so?
26527Do you think that''s true-- oh, Uncle Jep, do you reckon he did n''t mean it?
26527Do? 26527 Ef I do would you wish to hear it?
26527Girls,said Judith, suddenly halting them all in the little byroad which they were travelling,"do n''t you think we''d better cut across here?
26527Gone?
26527Good Lord-- is_ that_ what''s ailin''ye?
26527Has there been somebody in here to see you a''ready?
26527Have you seen Blatch, yourself, Judith?
26527He ai n''t, hey? 26527 He jest came here to have speech with you, did he?"
26527Help me git my things out of the cupboard thar, Jude, wo n''t ye?
26527How come it?
26527How did you- all make out?
26527How is he-- is he alive?
26527How long has she been there?
26527How you come on, Judy?
26527How you goin''to git home, Little Buck?
26527How''s Bonbright this evenin'', Jude? 26527 How''s Creed?"
26527How-- how did you know?
26527How?
26527Huldah? 26527 Huldah?"
26527Huldy git back yet?
26527Hush, cain''t ye?
26527I cried all night-- didn''t you?
26527I left it with you-- didn''t you bring it?
26527I reckon that ai n''t news to you, is it?
26527I reckon you would n''t come to any such as that, would you?
26527I says to him, says I,''Now you, Gid Rust, do you''low we''re crazy? 26527 I''ve been sick a long time, have n''t I?"
26527Is Creed Bonbright comin''over here to- night?
26527Is Pone Cyard comin''?
26527Is it true that you''ve done made up the Shalliday fuss over that thar cow, Creed? 26527 Is she over at you- all''s?"
26527Is she stayin''down at Jim Cal''s?
26527Is they goin'', granny?
26527Is they-- is they some particular reason that you cain''t go this morning?
26527Is-- honey, tell Jude the truth-- is it true that he ai n''t bad hurt? 26527 Is-- uh--"Andy glanced at Scalf, and strove to keep Huldah''s name out of it--"is what we come for here yet?"
26527Kin you make her hush?
26527Let you down and finish him, ye mean-- don''t ye?
26527Lived right here-- in this house?
26527Lord, what''s the use of a old fool like me sayin''I, ay, yes or no to sech a pair as that?
26527Lord, yes-- why not? 26527 Mighty pretty to look at, ai n''t it?"
26527My Lord-- who''s that?
26527Nancy, honey, is the yarbs you wanted for Creed in with them you''re a- goin''to use on me?
26527No, but have ye heared of how he''s a- doin''here lately?
26527No_ mo''_ killin'', ye mean,--don''t ye?
26527Now cain''t I go?
26527O Judith, did you mean it-- that word you sent me by Little Buck?
26527Oh, Jude-- do you mean it?
26527Oh, Judith, ai n''t it jest too good to be true?
26527Oh, she''s yo''Jude, is she? 26527 Oh, they do, do they?"
26527Oh, were you with the men Haley arrested?
26527Oh,--air you thar, podner?
26527Over at Blatch''s?
26527Pitch it out here, ca n''t you?
26527So ye ai n''t dead?
26527Tell me here-- cain''t ye?
26527Uncle Jep,inquired Judith abruptly,"did you know Creed Bonbright was at Nancy Card''s-- stayin''there, I mean?"
26527Walk down to the gate with me, wo n''t you?
26527Want to come and walk a piece over by the Big Spring, Judy?
26527Was n''t that thar Blatchley Turrentine?
26527Was there any particular one you wanted to see?
26527We might-- do ye think mebbe we''d better go there?
26527Well sir, and how''s the law coming on these days?
26527Well, a lee- tle out of yo''way, was n''t ye?
26527Well, ef ye hain''t found him by now ye better quit lookin'', had n''t ye?
26527Well, ef you''re a- goin''to set up to teach, had n''t you better have a school- house, place of a jestice''s office?
26527Well, how air we goin''to be sure that gal''s over there?
26527Well, now-- didn''t she?
26527Well, what does Unc''Jep say?
26527Well, what else is she?
26527Well, ye say ye''ll do yo''best? 26527 Well?"
26527Whar at?
26527Whar else could they be?
26527Whar is Huldy Spiller?
26527Whar might you be a- goin'', Mr. Creed Bonbright?
26527Whar ye goin''?
26527Whar you a- goin''to, all in sech haste?
26527Whar''s Huldy gone?
26527Whar''s Scalf? 26527 Whar''s old man Broyles, an''Hawk an''Chantry?"
26527Whar''s the boys?
26527Whar-- whar''s Huldy?
26527What air you- all a- goin''to do to me?
26527What differ does it make how come it? 26527 What do I care?"
26527What do you aim to make out of it, Blatch?
26527What do you aim to make out of it?
26527What do you say, Jude? 26527 What else are any of ye?
26527What for?
26527What good will it do for you to get yourself killed-- tell me that? 26527 What is it you want of me-- all of you?
26527What is it you want to say to the folks back home? 26527 What is it?"
26527What made you say it then?
26527What made you send the word you did?
26527What must we do for him?
26527What tuck Bonbright thar at this time o''night?
26527What was they tuck fer?
26527What you foolin''along o''that old feller for, Judith?
26527What you gwine to do with that feller, Jude?
26527What''s a- goin''on over yon at the Co''t House?
26527What''s all this I hear about Andy and Jeff bein''took?
26527What''s henderin''her from comin''over this side the Gulch?
26527What''s that?
26527What''s that?
26527What''s the joke?
26527What''s the joke?
26527What''s the matter, Iley? 26527 What''s the matter?"
26527What''s the matter?
26527What''s the use o''tryin''to he''p folks to law and order when they do n''t want it, and you''ve got to buy''em to behave? 26527 What''s the use?"
26527What?
26527When?
26527Where are the boys?
26527Where''s Pone Cyard?
26527Where''s she at?
26527Where_ is_ my beau?
26527Which way did she go?
26527Who found Blatch Turrentine''s body and removed it?
26527Who give the information?
26527Who is it?
26527Who named standin''in with Bonbright, or standin''out agin''him? 26527 Who said I was a spy?
26527Who tuck''em?
26527Who''s down thar?
26527Who''s here?
26527Who''s here?
26527Who''s thar?
26527Who''s with him?
26527Whose-- voice-- is that?
26527Why ai n''t you- all boys down thar whar the gals is at, playin''?
26527Why do n''t ye go to Iley an''set yo''mind at rest about Huldy?
26527Why should they?
26527Why, he''s settin''up some, ai n''t he?
26527Why, is them fellers gone?
26527Why, what''s Little Buck a- goin''to do, with his own true love a- tearin''past the house like this and refusin''to stop and visit?
26527Why, you an''him is a- goin''to be wedded, ai n''t you Judy? 26527 Why, you fool boy, do n''t you know all the roads has been guarded by the Turrentines ever since they fell out with ye?
26527Will he die, Uncle Jep?
26527Will ye come with us, pap?
26527Will you sure come?
26527Wish ye did n''t know nothin? 26527 Wo n''t you come in and set awhile?"
26527Ye ai n''t goin''to faint air ye?
26527Ye do n''t reckon Blatch would harm the boys? 26527 Ye_ what_?"
26527Yes, Creed-- what is it? 26527 Yes, Jude, we''goin''straight home to Granny, why?"
26527Yes-- what?
26527Yo''a- blamin''the whole business on me, air ye? 26527 You ai n''t a- goin''to tell them fool boys any sech truck as that, air ye?
26527You an''Wade are wedded? 26527 You claim to be mountain raised, and tell me you think this is a short cut from whar you was at to Nancy Cyard''s?
26527You come over and see me sometimes, wo n''t ye, Judy?
26527You could stay over night in your own house then-- ain''t you comin''back, ever, to live there?
26527You do n''t know of anybody-- you hain''t heard he was promised, have you?
26527You goin''straight home?
26527You know where you are now, do n''t you, Creed?
26527You thar, Unc''Jep?
26527You''ll stand by us?
26527You''ll take good care of me, wo n''t you Judith?
26527You''re Jude''s man, jest the same as you ever was, ai n''t ye? 26527 You''re married to her-- ain''t you?"
26527_ Air_ they?
26527_ Cousin_ Creed?
26527_ You_ do n''t? 26527 After a while she managed to say in a fairly steady voice,Does Wade know?
26527Ai n''t that what you say, Blatch?"
26527Air ye aimin''to find out about em?"
26527Air ye goin''?"
26527Air you goin''to break my heart by stayin''here to git yourself killed?
26527All that she hoped?
26527An''ef yo''r not?"
26527And what might that mean?
26527And who- all might you be, young fellers?"
26527Are you much tired Creed?
26527As he rode up to her:"What you doin''here, Blatch Turrentine?"
26527As soon after hit''s plumb dark as he can git there-- will ye say that?
26527Blatch had left a run o''whiskey that had to be worked off, and when he did n''t come I turned in to''tend to it-- why, Pap?"
26527Bonbright?"
26527Buck, step out and scout, will ye?
26527But he need n''t have been-- need he Judith?
26527But thar, what does a gal think of that by the side o''curly hair and soft- spoken ways?"
26527But you say you''re goin''to ride to Lusks''?--to ride?"
26527Cain''t I tend to it?"
26527Cain''t a body talk to him?
26527Cain''t you behave?"
26527Cain''t you make him hush, Judith?"
26527Can it be did quiet?
26527Can you make out with that?"
26527Could he ride a nag?"
26527Could two young creatures be wiser than nature''s self?
26527Creed, darlin''cain''t you hear me?
26527Creed, you''re a mighty learned somebody, cain''t you tell me the why s of it?"
26527Did n''t I tell you not to name anything to him to werry him?"
26527Did n''t he name it to you that it was a better place than Double Springs?"
26527Did she find out anything?"
26527Did they mean to kill him?
26527Do n''t I know ye?
26527Do n''t it set her off, Jeffy Ann?"
26527Do n''t you have no regards for them that is good friends to you?
26527Do n''t you think she''s a powerful pretty girl?"
26527Do n''t you, Jude?"
26527Do ye reckon ye can stand it to ride as far as the foot of the mountain?
26527Do ye think hit''s wise?"
26527Do ye want to kill the boy?--or run him crazy?"
26527Do you reckon I could have speech with him?"
26527Do you remember saying that if I was a member of a big family-- a great big tribe-- that I''d get along all right and accomplish what I set out for?"
26527Does yo''shoulder pain you?"
26527Ef our folks wanted law and order, do n''t you reckon they''d make the move to get it?"
26527Ef ye do n''t sing now, when will ye ever?"
26527Follow Creed as Huldah had done?
26527For God''s sake, did you see him?
26527Guv''ment,"he repeated meditatively but with rising rancour,"what has the guv''ment ever done fer me, that I should be asked to do so much for hit?
26527Had she slept at all?
26527Have ye sent any word to him?"
26527Have you-- have you got money with you?"
26527He leaned around and looked meaningly at the man on her other side, then questioned,"How long do you- all reckon I''d been thar?"
26527He''s been livin''down in Hepzibah studyin''to be a lawyer-- did he have Jeff and Andy jailed?"
26527How come you an''him to let them boys git away?
26527How many of ye was a- workin''in the still to- night?"
26527How to so word a message that Creed would answer it?
26527Huldy, you''re a good girl to come over and warn Creed-- when was you aimin''to go to Hepzibah?"
26527I admit that it''s an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth with us now-- what else could it be?
26527I ai n''t got nothin''agin''Creed Bonbright, nor his wife-- why should I have?"
26527If Huldah was not with him, how had he known she was on the mountain at all?
26527Instead,"What are you goin''to wear to- night, Judy?"
26527Is Creed there at yo''house?"
26527Is he livin''?"
26527Is he plumb outen his head?"
26527Is it the man hisself-- or a ghost?"
26527Is it true that her life is not safe if she stays here on the mountain?"
26527Is it-- is it Huldy?"
26527Is that you, Wade Turrentine?
26527Is that you?"
26527Is there anything else?"
26527Is they anything a man will hate you worse for than a favour?
26527It was not bright eyes nor red lips that could move or please him?
26527It''s Jude-- poor Jude that loves you so-- cain''t you answer her?"
26527Jude, air you so easy fooled as to think it was a new notion for him to go to Garyville?
26527Judy, ef yo''a- goin''to take keer o''the man, cain''t ye please ax him for me when did he see Huldy last, an''--an''is they wedded?"
26527Lord, what differ is it whether sech critters as them love you or hate you?
26527Lusk''s, you Blatch Turrentine?"
26527Mebbe you would like to write an''tell Wade?"
26527Must I go ask at the hotel will they give you a room?
26527Nancy, air ye hurt?"
26527Next time old man Drane comes pesterin''round you, you tell him that you''re promised to me-- hear?"
26527Now what do you make out o''that?"
26527Oh, dear Heaven-- was it like that?
26527Oh, would you wait a minute?"
26527Or all that she dreaded?
26527Ort we to go?"
26527Ought she to cross the foot- log and be with them when the boys were dipped?
26527Pendrilly,"with a sudden upflash of interest,"what is it that comes?
26527Shall I call the boys?"
26527Shall I let them in?"
26527She could see him stand talking to her, the lifted face, the blue eyes-- should she ever see them again?
26527Tell her Iley''s nigh about give out, and Jim Cal''s down sick in the bed-- hear me?"
26527Thar-- what was that?"
26527The ash, it seemed, was the tree of her preference; did n''t he think it mighty sightly now when it was just coming into bloom?
26527Then that heavily beating heart sank sickeningly; what difference to her, though all the world knew it?
26527Then, as the other seemed slow to begin,"What might you want speech with me about?"
26527They named it to me that Creed had done killed one of the Turrentine boys-- is that so?"
26527Wait till he was an old man?
26527Was there any time sot?"
26527Was there ever such a colour?
26527Well they''s some other folks around here thinks she''s their Jude-- what you goin''to do about it?"
26527Well, speak up-- how come it?"
26527Were these the exciting topics that her Uncle Jep would have banished from the sick- room?
26527What about them fine fellers that''s settin''at meat with ye now?
26527What ails you- all?
26527What are you mad about?
26527What call had ye to sneak around me-- to make a fool o''me, an''shame me?"
26527What could he do to her now who had lost all?
26527What could she do?
26527What did he tell ye?
26527What did you let him get a- past you for?"
26527What difference could it make whether or not he were elected?
26527What do you reckon I''m a- goin''to do to you for it?"
26527What do you want?"
26527What earthly difference did it make about Jim Cal and Huldah and Iley?
26527What had he said his favourite colour was?
26527What had she been able to accomplish when she stood face to face alone with him on the woods- path?
26527What have you got to say to me?"
26527What in the world you fussin''with Creed about?
26527What is it ye want from Creed?
26527What kind of women do ye''low the Spiller gals is, anyhow?"
26527What set you an''me off on this tune?
26527What should I be spying on?"
26527What were these fires of torment that raged in her now?
26527What woman ever appreciated prudence in a lover?
26527What would he have asked, she answered, if Blatch had not interrupted them?
26527What you goin''to do about Bonbright, Unc''Jep-- stand in with him?"
26527What you- all goin''to do about it?"
26527What''s that?"
26527What''s the matter with ye?"
26527When was we to go?
26527Where is she?
26527Where to find a messenger?
26527Where was Creed?
26527Where was her lover?
26527Who do you''low he went with on the railroad train?
26527Who laid out this night''s work?
26527Why could n''t this be named to me?
26527Why could n''t you let a body know?"
26527Why do n''t you come over and see us and git all you want?
26527Why should Judith suddenly care?
26527Will that suit ye?"
26527Will ye do this for me?"
26527Will ye shore tell Creed an''never tell nobody but Creed?"
26527Will you do it?"
26527Would Creed come?
26527Would Huldah persuade him that the message was only a decoy?
26527Would he come too late?
26527Would his voice be any less the call to love?
26527Would love wait?
26527Would n''t his hair be just as yellow, his eyes as blue?
26527Would she grieve for Creed all her life long, till she was an old, old woman?
26527Would some of the boys intercept him, so that he should never come at all?
26527Would you- all mind to wait on yo''selves, an''would you put the saddle on Selim for me?
26527Ye can hold out that long, cain''t ye?"
26527You Pony Card, is that them?"
26527You know how things air, Huldy-- what do ye want, chile?"
26527You never set much store by Creed Bonbright-- what you cryin''about?"
26527You sit right here in Creed''s lap and stay awake till morning and keep him good company, wo n''t you?"
26527echoed Creed, all on fire in an instant-- where now was her poor invalid whose head she had pillowed, of whom she had thought to take care?
26527she demanded fiercely,"an''what''ll the boys say to you for slippin''away from''em to- night?"
26527whispered Judith, young lioness that she was, reduced to taking counsel from this mouse,"what would you do, Clianthy?"
22287''Family?'' 22287 ''In the city?''
22287''Louisville? 22287 ''Old, ai n''t I, and ugly?''"
22287A child? 22287 Accept?
22287After all, what is it to me?
22287Air hit... air hit_ bad_, doctor?
22287Air she loaded? 22287 Air the trouble''Aunt''... what the other doctor said hit was?"
22287An''what would this hyar old pine do without the rosebush blossomin''close beside him? 22287 And I?
22287And Jesus? 22287 And deep in your inner consciousness you do n''t regret the change, do you?"
22287And does she go about helping poor, lonesome city people, and the dear little poor children? 22287 And have him believe that I ran away from him again?
22287And her hearing? 22287 And that is...?"
22287And the doctor? 22287 And then?"
22287And you? 22287 And yourself?"
22287Angina pectoris? 22287 Are you going to kiss him?"
22287Away? 22287 But I thought that she was your granddaughter?"
22287But ca n''t I give him some medicine?
22287But haint... are n''t you going to do up your hurt finger, too?
22287But how do you know that it_ is_ brain tumor, doctor, or that there is either any chance of saving the child''s life, or any real need of a surgeon? 22287 But how is one going to get behind a plain statement of what is apparently meant to be fact, such as the description of the creation in Genesis?"
22287But how? 22287 But the trouble... is it... is it dangerous?"
22287But what air yo''reckonin''ter do? 22287 But why did n''t you come, Donald?
22287Did you ever burn your hand?
22287Did you shoot any bears?
22287Do Rose know hit?
22287Do n''t we?
22287Do we?
22287Do yo''think thet I''d be beholden ter_ thet_ man, after what I done ter him? 22287 Do you mean, Rose,"his words came slowly,"that you sent for me without a doctor''s suggestion and advice; that you did it on your own hook?"
22287Do you really think that I''m... shallow? 22287 Do you really want me to?"
22287Do you remember what Paul said, in his wonderful epistle to the Corinthians? 22287 Do you think a little thing like wet feet would stop me from getting into the game?"
22287Do you think that I can ever feel lonesome in the forest and fields, with living things always about me which are ready to share themselves with me?
22287Do you want to see the growth? 22287 Do?
22287Donald, how_ can_ you? 22287 Donald, what... what do you mean?
22287Five minutes? 22287 Good God, child, where did you come from?"
22287Good Lord, do I look as bad as that?
22287H- m- m- m. What are the symptoms?
22287Hain''t yo''ergoin''ter tote yo''r rifle- gun?
22287Haint we a- goin''ter hev no breakfast this mornin''?
22287Happy? 22287 Has n''t He?"
22287Have you any baking soda-- saleratus, Rose?
22287He knows that? 22287 He''s convicted out of his own mouth, is n''t he, Rose?
22287Her brother? 22287 Hit haint ergoin''ter hurt her much, air hit?"
22287How kin I?
22287How shall I sign it? 22287 How the dickens did I do that?"
22287I am just back from a journey into the wilderness, like John the Baptist''s, and... Why, what''s wrong? 22287 I think that... would it be all right if I wore that pretty white woollen one?"
22287I''m afraid that I do n''t quite underst..."But you_ do_ understand, Miss Treville, why do you say that you do n''t? 22287 I_ wanted_ you to?"
22287If they do n''t concern me-- as I am willing to admit-- why waste a bullet?
22287Indeed? 22287 It is logical enough, is n''t it?
22287It was not strange that I began... that he became very dear to me, was it, Donald?
22287Judd,he began, almost kindly,"you know why I came here this time?"
22287Kin yo''make hit well ergin?
22287Lou Amos?
22287Lou? 22287 Married?
22287Married?
22287Mis''Andrews he s come over fer ter stay with ye and Lou, now haint thet kind uv her? 22287 Miss... Webb, is n''t it?
22287Not five thousand?
22287Now how the deuce did she come to use that stereotyped response?
22287Old and ugly?
22287Perhaps you will, some day, who knows?
22287She seemed to understand, eh?
22287Shot him? 22287 Smiles, are you still greatly afraid of the sea?"
22287So, that is the reason, the only reason, for your coming to me with your impertinent question?
22287Startin''home? 22287 Tell me, what has happened, my dear?"
22287The doctor? 22287 Then fer what did yo''put yer arms erbout her an''kiss her, like I seen ye through the winder awhile back, I wants ter know?"
22287Then why ca n''t_ I_ be? 22287 Then you think, doctor...?"
22287There is n''t anything more to be said, is there?
22287Trouble ahead? 22287 Well, but how could the Good Book say that God created man in His own image?"
22287Well, what do you say, are you coming?
22287Well? 22287 Wha... what do''equivalent''mean?"
22287What does she do?
22287What does she look like?
22287What does''comatose''mean, Doctor Mac?
22287What happened to him?
22287What is the matter with my Rose?
22287What lesson?
22287What the devil do you mean by that?
22287What war yo''ershootin''at, Judd?
22287What''s the matter?
22287What''s the sense in exaggerating like that, Ethel? 22287 What''s up?"
22287What, doll babies thet open an''shet thar eyes, an''say''maw''an''''paw''like weuns, Smiles?
22287What... what do hit mean?
22287What? 22287 What?"
22287Where do we go from here?
22287Where... where is she?
22287Where_ is_ Judd?
22287Where_ is_ Juddy?
22287Wherever did you come from?
22287Which caused you the most suffering, your conscience or your hand?
22287Why could it not have been I?
22287Why haint hit possible?
22287Why not, I should like to know?
22287Why, what is the trouble?
22287Would you ask a real soldier if he wanted to quit, or keep on fighting, after he had been in one battle, and seen men killed and wounded? 22287 Yes, I remember, an''oak,''was n''t it?
22287Yes, but... how am I going to explain? 22287 Yes, she''s a wonder, is n''t she?
22287Yes,supplemented the minister,"''Whence cometh my help?
22287Yo''... yo''means yo''shot him, Judd?
22287Yo''... yo''think I would accept yo''r charity?
22287Yo''think I would take money gifts from any man? 22287 You have n''t?
22287You know? 22287 You wanted me to... to marry him, Don?"
22287You... you have n''t told her... yet... that you love her?
22287You?
22287Your heart? 22287 _ You_ did?
22287------------------------------------ I wonder how much I really have changed in the year?
222878:30 P.M. Are you getting it?"
22287Air yo'', er haint yo'', a- goin''ter leave hyar, an''keep erway?"
22287Am I still trying to discourage you?
22287And I do n''t take orders from you in the matter, understand?"
22287And tell him that she is nearly blind and''comatose''....""That word''s a new one to me, how do you spell it?"
22287And the girl?
22287And what do you think she has named it?
22287And who do you think was one of my pupils?
22287And wo n''t she make a wonderful one?
22287And you heard what...?"
22287And,"What is the matter with_ my_ Rose?"
22287Are you going to help her as she asks?
22287Are you in pain?"
22287Are you really pleased?
22287Are you... are you going to get married before you go?"
22287Besides, it wo n''t be the first time that she has stayed up twenty- four hours at a stretch, will it?"
22287But Rose was not to be teased, and answered,"Kiss him?
22287But how, Phil?''
22287But how...?"
22287But what''s to be gained in taking the chance?
22287But you?
22287But, before I start, I want to ask you about my little niece, Muriel?
22287But, say, has n''t she been a brick?"
22287But, tell me, why that woe- begone expression on this, of all days?
22287But, why do you ask that now, Donald?"
22287By the way, Amos, how long has she been a- goin''on like that?"
22287CHAPTER IV"SMILES""''Not by birth?''"
22287Can it really be you?
22287Can you imagine me doing anything useful?)
22287Can you imagine me hitched with that proud and classic beauty?
22287Can you picture_ me_ acting as chauffeur for a magnified bath tub for Belgian babies?
22287Can you remember all that?"
22287Can you see that neoplasm under the membrane?
22287Come, did you have any''hairbreadth''''scapes or moving accidents by field and flood?"
22287Could you see from your boat?
22287Could you see, Don?"
22287Dear Dr. McDonald: How many letters do you guess I have written to you so far this month?
22287Dear, when did you first realize that it was so?"
22287Did that fail?"
22287Did that uncouth young mountaineer really mean something to her after all?
22287Did you enjoy it, and find anything of especial interest in the mountains of the feud country?"
22287Did you ever read a poem called''The Reaper''?
22287Did you get it?
22287Do I see the ghost of a sorrow sitting amid this group, which should be so happy?"
22287Do I sound like a school- mar''m?
22287Do n''t you feel proud?
22287Do n''t you know your own Smiles?"
22287Do n''t you think I ought to be a very happy little girl?
22287Do n''t you think so, too, Don?"
22287Do n''t you think so, yourself?"
22287Do yo''think thet I''d accept even my sister''s life et his hands?
22287Do you know what has happened?
22287Do you know what this snow reminds me of?
22287Do you still think that you want to go ahead and give your life to such work?"
22287Do you think that you can understand that, Rose?"
22287Do you want me to- night?"
22287Do you wonder that, with this thing pressing more and more into her brain, Lou was robbed of her power to talk and act?"
22287Does Smiles smell like that?"
22287Donald nodded, then asked slowly,"Does... does Smiles love you, Phil?"
22287Ethel( I wonder if Donald will be pleased to know that his_ real_ sister has asked me to call her by her first name?)
22287Great Scott, ca n''t you guess what I''m driving at?
22287Had Marion Treville''s faithlessness struck so deep?
22287Had she not accepted him as a brother, and given him the frank affection of such relationship, which precludes love of the other sort?
22287Haint thet a wonderful thing fer ter do?
22287Has it changed your mind?
22287Have I got to_ ask_ you to marry me?"
22287Have you done it?
22287Have you the saline solution, and the gauze head- covering ready?"
22287He will be happy in my happiness, I know,"she murmured, half aloud, and her roommate awoke and answered with a sleepy,"What, dear?"
22287Her face suddenly glowing with light, Rose turned to Donald eagerly, and said without hesitation,"Oh, Doctor Mac, do n''t you see?
22287Heroes and martyrs; what are they, after all, but the creatures of that whimsical goddess?
22287Hev ye seen my pappa an''mamma?''
22287How can I explain heaven as a spiritual condition?"
22287How can any one live if his head is cut open like that?"
22287How could any one use it about anything so awful?
22287How could he be?
22287How did yo''come ter know''twar him?"
22287How does he feel?"
22287How is she, Rose?"
22287I never did a better one... another sponge... excellent... Are the sutures ready?...
22287I wonder if Donald has, too?
22287I wonder if I can really ever leave him?
22287I wonder if he regards me as still a child?
22287I''m well_ now_; where are my clothes?"
22287I''ve often worried about it, for I did n''t know anything about my parents, and heredity counts for so much, does n''t it?
22287If we ca n''t ever see God, even in Heaven, how can we be sure that He_ is_?"
22287Is Don going to be a Mormon, then?"
22287Is he flesh and blood, and responsible for the marauding thefts in the neighborhood?
22287Is he ready to receive it?"
22287Is he responsible for Prince Kassim''s murder?
22287Is he the ghost of the ancestral portrait, that hangs in Sir Robert Grainger''s strange library?
22287Is it that you want to go to France again, to renew the saving work there,--and want me with you?"
22287Is it very bad?"
22287Is n''t he good?
22287Is n''t he my brother, and is n''t he home again after being away two and a half years?"
22287Is n''t it odd?"
22287Is n''t it pretty?"
22287Is n''t that wonderful?
22287It has been a mighty lucky thing for her that the Red Cross was ready to take it off her shoulders, and she has turned to_ us_( How does that sound?
22287It was heard by a passing nurse, who hurried to him with the question,"Did you call, doctor?
22287It''s got to be done, has n''t it, if the poor sick babies and grown- up people are to be made strong and well again?
22287Judd Amos, war hit yo''thet paid me ther extry price on them baskets?"
22287Kaint he... kaint we- all hev jest a drap o''white liquor?"
22287Kin I take Mike?"
22287Little Donny?
22287Look, Rose,"he added, as though explaining to a clinic,"see how the blood is thickening up into a clot?
22287Louisville?''
22287Love is an awful thing, is n''t it?"
22287May I be so bold as to inquire what interest you may have in my personal affairs, Miss Webb?
22287May I?"
22287Must he hear this girl, in her simplicity, talk on and on about the man she loved, and had promised to marry?
22287My dear little Smiles: This is going to be a very short letter, and can you guess why?
22287My, are n''t we vain?"
22287No, how can you ask it, Rose?"
22287Not... not Dr. MacDonald?
22287Nothing has happened...?"
22287Oh, Donald, is n''t it too wonderful?"
22287Oh, did you read what it says?"
22287Oh, do n''t you remember?
22287Oh, it has n''t been a happy day at all...."I wonder if Donald could have saved him?
22287Oh, little Rose, do n''t you understand?
22287Oh, what can we do?"
22287Oh, woman, what do you know about love?
22287Once more his accustomed bluntness of manner returned, and he snapped,"Oh, why in the devil did n''t I have sense enough to bring another assistant?"
22287Opening it, she read:"My dearest Smiles: Will you be the bearer of a message from me to your kind hostess?
22287Or is it only coincidence that one of the guests at the masked ball happened to wear the costume of the Red Cavalier?
22287Philip''s sister?
22287Rose, you did n''t tell him?"
22287She started and stepped back, crying,"''To give?''
22287Smiles, will you marry me?"
22287Smiles?
22287So I said,''What is it, Philip?
22287So how can I take any credit for succeeding?
22287Some wild animal there, old boy?"
22287Supposing I admit that I love her, what is it to you?"
22287Supposing that Ethel_ does n''t_ go wild about her, what of it?"
22287Talmadge?"
22287Tell me, does the picture mean anything to you?''
22287That does n''t look much as though I loved him... in the way you insinuate, does it?
22287The black silk that we bought in New York?"
22287The picture is not as pretty as the one I painted the night I told about how fine it was to be a nurse, is it?
22287The reason?
22287The sinking sensation within Rose''s breast increased, and she stepped forward, saying faintly,"What is it, Dolly?
22287Then Donald asked, softly,"And Philip?
22287Then I am still making my baskets, and what do you think?
22287Then he added, with some hesitancy,"I''ve been thinking... Would you like to go over there, too, Rose?
22287Then she lifted her face, bathed in tears, and whispered,"You understand, do n''t you, Don?
22287Then there came a little laugh, for these two were excellent friends now, and the query,"Another record- breaking fee?"
22287There, feel that breeze?
22287V.''?"
22287Was He His son in the same way?"
22287Was it a basket, too?"
22287Was it merely a guess, based on what I had explained to you?"
22287Was it really Rose?
22287Was it... was it as much as a... a thousand dollars?"
22287Was n''t he a splendid man, Don?
22287Was n''t that what you did for that other little child?"
22287Was that the account of real happenings, think you?"
22287Was that_ lèse majestà ©_?
22287Was this the simple mountain girl, whose voice was now so suave and who was smiling so icily?
22287We''re glad ter hev ye with us, an''what fer air friends ef hit haint ter be an excuse fer a leetle extry celebration?
22287Well,"he laughed again,"say something, ca n''t you?
22287Were n''t the Thayers dear to have me as their guest at beautiful Manchester- by- the- Sea?
22287What about your promise to Big Jerry?"
22287What answer could she make to this pertinent question?
22287What are you waiting for?
22287What do you mean, Philip?''
22287What does the Bible say that God is, Rose?"
22287What happened?"
22287What is the matter with her?"
22287What is the matter?
22287What on earth was it to him if this mountain child''s color heightened a shade at a familiar call in a masculine voice?
22287What sort of a case is it?"
22287What would the leetle wild mountain flowers hyarabouts do without thar Smiles ter take keer o''them?"
22287When do you calculate to get married to her, Doctor Mac?"
22287When his last call was answered he asked,"Is Miss Merriman registered with you now?
22287Where is he?"
22287Where is she staying now?"
22287Where?"
22287Wherever did you come from; are you going to make us a visit?
22287Which of them is the Red Cavalier?
22287Who is the little buttercup?"
22287Who is the mysterious Red Cavalier?
22287Why not complete the ceremony and make it an adoption by blood; the way they used to do in some of the Indian tribes, you know?"
22287Why should he, a man as reserved as he was, and one who had little time to spend on the romantic embellishments of life, ask for more?
22287Why, I wonder, must we always hide our true feelings under a mask?
22287Will it, doctor?"
22287Will you help do it?"
22287Wo n''t it, Don?
22287Would you like to hear about her and her playthings?
22287Yes?
22287Yet what chance has reason in competition with moonlight?
22287Yo''guessed rightly, she_ air_ one er my flower children, ai n''t ye, honey- sweet?"
22287Yo''promise, too?"
22287You dare attempt to curry favor with her by lyingly claiming credit for the additional money her work brought, you cur?
22287You did n''t know that I bought every one of those baskets, and told the storekeeper what price to pay for them, did you?"
22287You did n''t know that I held the cards to call that outrageous bluff, too, did you?
22287You see that, do n''t you?"
22287You told me, first?"
22287You understand that, do n''t you, dear?"
22287You understand, do n''t you, old man?"
22287You wished to see...?"
22287You wonder, perhaps, why I have n''t written this direct to her?
22287You would n''t throw him over, when he is so far away, and... and sick?"
22287_ You_ do, do n''t you, Mike?"
22287_ first_?"
22287gasped the girl in astonishment, while Donald said bluntly,"Do you really believe that you know Him, now?"
22287love?"
22287true?"