The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other SketchesJ.R. Osgood, 1871 - 256 من الصفحات |
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... suffered the loss of several thousand dollars , two valuable horses , and a promi- nent citizen . It was experiencing a spasm of vir- tuous reaction , quite as lawless and ungovernable as any THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT.
... suffered the loss of several thousand dollars , two valuable horses , and a promi- nent citizen . It was experiencing a spasm of vir- tuous reaction , quite as lawless and ungovernable as any THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT.
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... horse , " Five Spot , " for the sorry mule which the Duchess rode . But even this act did not draw the party into any closer sympathy . The young woman readjusted her somewhat draggled plumes with a feeble , faded coquetry ; Mother ...
... horse , " Five Spot , " for the sorry mule which the Duchess rode . But even this act did not draw the party into any closer sympathy . The young woman readjusted her somewhat draggled plumes with a feeble , faded coquetry ; Mother ...
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... horses , but he came back dripping and sceptical . " Thar ain't nobody but him within ten mile of the shanty , and that ' ar d - d old skeesicks knows it . " But the faith of the majority proved to be se- curely based . Bill had ...
... horses , but he came back dripping and sceptical . " Thar ain't nobody but him within ten mile of the shanty , and that ' ar d - d old skeesicks knows it . " But the faith of the majority proved to be se- curely based . Bill had ...
الصفحة 54
... horses were harnessed , but she did not return . It was evident that she wished to avoid a formal leave - taking , and had so left us to depart as we had come . After we had helped the ladies into the coach , we returned to the house ...
... horses were harnessed , but she did not return . It was evident that she wished to avoid a formal leave - taking , and had so left us to depart as we had come . After we had helped the ladies into the coach , we returned to the house ...
الصفحة 55
... horses forward , and we sank back in our seats . We exchanged not a word until we reached the North Fork , and the stage drew up at the Independence House . Then , the Judge leading , we walked into the bar - room and took our places ...
... horses forward , and we sank back in our seats . We exchanged not a word until we reached the North Fork , and the stage drew up at the Independence House . Then , the Judge leading , we walked into the bar - room and took our places ...
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agin Altascar asked baby beside Boonder boys Brown cabin carpet-bag child Circassian Clytemnestra Clytie Commander dark Dedlow Marsh door drifting Duchess expressman eyes face fancy father feet fire gambler George glance grave gray horse hair hand head horse Judge knew laugh lifted looked Luck lying Marysville master McSnagley Miggles Miss Mary Mission Dolores Mission hills Mliss Morpher Mother Shipton never night Oakhurst Paquita pardner passed Peleg perhaps pines Piney Poker Flat Rattler red dust Red Gulch Red Mountain riata river road Roaring Camp Salvatierra San Carlos Sandy Bar school-house seemed shadow silence sitting smile Smith's Pocket stranger Stumpy suddenly Tennessee Tennessee's Partner thar ain't thing thought tion Tommy took tree Tryan turned Uncle Billy uncon voice walked wall wind window Wingdam woman young Yuba Bill
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الصفحة 57 - At that place he was attracted by a young person who waited upon the table at the hotel where he took his meals. One morning he said something to her which caused her to smile not unkindly, to somewhat coquettishly break a plate of toast over his upturned, serious, simple face, and to retreat to the kitchen. He followed her, and emerged a few moments later, covered with more toast and victory. That day week they were married by a justice of the peace, and returned to Poker Flat. I am aware that something...
الصفحة 29 - didn't say cards once" during that evening. Haply the time was beguiled by an accordion, produced somewhat ostentatiously by Tom Simson from his pack. Notwithstanding some difficulties attending the manipulation of this instrument, Piney Woods managed to pluck several reluctant melodies...
الصفحة 33 - m going," she said, in a voice of querulous weakness, "but don't say anything about it. Don't waken the kids. Take the bundle from under my head, and open it." Mr. Oakhurst did so. It contained Mother Shipton's rations for the last week, untouched. " Give 'em to the child," she said, pointing to the sleeping Piney.
الصفحة 71 - There, now, steady, Jinny, — steady, old girl. How dark it is ! Look out for the ruts, — and look out for him, too, old gal. Sometimes, you know, when he 's blind drunk, he drops down right in the trail.
الصفحة 69 - The cart was halted before the enclosure; and rejecting the offers of assistance with the same air of simple self-reliance he had displayed throughout, Tennessee's Partner lifted the rough coffin on his back, and deposited it, unaided, within the shallow grave. He then nailed down the board which served as a lid; and mounting the little mound of earth beside it, took off his hat, and slowly mopped his face with his handkerchief. This the crowd felt was a preliminary to speech; and they disposed themselves...
الصفحة 16 - With the prosperity of the camp came a desire for further improvement. It was proposed to build a hotel in the following spring, and to invite one or two decent families to reside there for the sake of "The Luck" — who might perhaps profit by female companionship. The sacrifice that this concession to the sex cost these men, who were fiercely skeptical in regard to its general virtue and usefulness, can only be accounted for by their affection for Tommy.
الصفحة 66 - ... of the social lesson. And yet, when the weak and foolish deed was done, and a life, with its possibilities and responsibilities, had passed out of the misshapen thing that dangled between earth and sky, the birds sang, the flowers bloomed, the sun shone, as cheerily as before ; and possibly the Eed Dog Clarion was right.
الصفحة 69 - Tennessee has been running free, and we brings him home from his wandering.' He paused and picked up a fragment of quartz, rubbed it thoughtfully on his sleeve, and went on: 'It ain't the first time that I've packed him on my back, as you see'd me now.
الصفحة 3 - The assemblage numbered about a hundred men. One or two of these were actual fugitives from justice, some were criminal, and all were reckless. Physically, they exhibited no indication of their past lives and character- The greatest scamp had a Raphael face, with a profusion of...
الصفحة 63 - Thet's so," continued Tennessee's Partner. "It ain't for me to say anything agin' him. And now, what's the case? Here's Tennessee wants money, wants it bad, and doesn't like to ask it of his old pardner. Well, what does Tennessee do? He lays for a stranger, and he fetches that stranger; and you lays for him, and you fetches him; and the honors is easy. And I put it to you, bein' a fa'rminded man, and to you, gentlemen all, as fa'r-minded men, ef this isn't so." "Prisoner," said the Judge, interrupting,...