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... replied , " go early in the morning to the houses from which you received the money , and ask for work , and no doubt you will find some one who will put you in the way of getting it , then report to me . " The following after- noon he ...
... replied , " go early in the morning to the houses from which you received the money , and ask for work , and no doubt you will find some one who will put you in the way of getting it , then report to me . " The following after- noon he ...
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... the care of natives ; but with old Soup I know they can come to no harm . ” " What ! you trust children under 10 years of age to Soup , without any other protection ? " " I do , " replied the Major . " Amusing . 21 ANECDOTES .
... the care of natives ; but with old Soup I know they can come to no harm . ” " What ! you trust children under 10 years of age to Soup , without any other protection ? " " I do , " replied the Major . " Amusing . 21 ANECDOTES .
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James Baird McClure. " I do , " replied the Major . " Come along with me , if you doubt , and we will surprise them at their fishing . " I followed Maj . Daly , and after walking half a mile along the wooded banks of the river , we came ...
James Baird McClure. " I do , " replied the Major . " Come along with me , if you doubt , and we will surprise them at their fishing . " I followed Maj . Daly , and after walking half a mile along the wooded banks of the river , we came ...
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... for the Captain . The girls told him to look out , and the Captain replied , well , he was ready . Sitting out in the portico one evening , the cool breeze fanning like a ten - cent palm - leaf , and Amusing . 25 ANECDOTES .
... for the Captain . The girls told him to look out , and the Captain replied , well , he was ready . Sitting out in the portico one evening , the cool breeze fanning like a ten - cent palm - leaf , and Amusing . 25 ANECDOTES .
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... replied : " Madam , she must be 95 years old to a second , and worth $ 200,000 . " " It is getting so chilly out here I must go for my shawl , " said the widow ; and she looked frigid zones at the Captain as she brushed him by with a ...
... replied : " Madam , she must be 95 years old to a second , and worth $ 200,000 . " " It is getting so chilly out here I must go for my shawl , " said the widow ; and she looked frigid zones at the Captain as she brushed him by with a ...
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Page 140 - ... filled him pretty near up to his chin— and set him on the floor. Smiley he went to the swamp and slopped around in the mud for a long time, and finally he ketched a frog, and fetched him in, and give him to this feller, and says: "Now, if you're ready, set him alongside of Dan'l, with his fore-paws just even with Dan'l, and I'll give the word.
Page 139 - ... he was, for all he was so gifted. And when it come to fair and square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his breed you ever see. Jumping on a dead level was his strong suit, you understand ; and when it come to that, Smiley would ante up money on him as long as he had a red. Smiley was monstrous proud of his frog, and well he might be, for fellers that had traveled and been everywheres all said he laid over any frog that ever they see. Well,...
Page 137 - W. Smiley is a myth; that my friend never knew such a personage; and that he only conjectured that, if I asked old Wheeler about him, it would remind him of his infamous Jim Smiley, and he would go to work and bore me...
Page 139 - He ketched a frog one day, and took him home, and said he cal'lated to educate him ; and so he never done nothing for three months but set in his back yard and learn that frog to jump. And you bet you he did learn him, too. He'd give him a little punch behind, and the next minute you'd see that frog whirling in the air like a doughnut — see him turn one summerset, or...
Page 58 - You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Page 138 - Smiley, a young minister of the Gospel, who he had heard was at one time a resident of Angel's Camp. I added that if Mr. Wheeler could tell me anything about this Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley, I would feel under many obligations to him.
Page 90 - has your father a grindstone?" "Yes, sir," said I. "You are a fine little fellow," said he; "will you let me grind my axe on it?
Page 138 - ... initial sentence, he never betrayed the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm ; but all through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity, which showed me plainly that, so far from his imagining that there was anything ridiculous or funny about his story, he regarded it as a really important matter, and admired its two heroes as men of transcendent genius in finesse.
Page 140 - I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog.
Page 110 - For, if I am obliged to storm, you may depend on such treatment as is justly due to a murderer. Beware of destroying stores of any kind or any papers or letters that are in your possession, or hurting one house in town ; for, by heavens ! if you do, there shall be no mercy shown you.