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"'As to the execution of this new roole,' concloods Enright, 'we
leaves that to Jack Moore. He will wait on this party an' explain
the play. He must up stakes an' move his camp; an' if he calls on
another shindig after he's warned, we-alls takes our ponies an' our
ropes an' yanks his outfit up by the roots. A gent of his
enterprise, however, will come to a dead halt; an' his persecutions
of Hamilton will cease.'
"'An' you-all calls this yere a free American outfit!' says my
Colonel, mighty scornful, when Jack Moore notifies him. 'If I don't
line out for t'other end of camp you-alls is allowin' to rope my
joint an' pull it down! Well, that lets me out; I quits you. I'd be
shorely degraded to put in my time with any sech low-flung passel of
sports. You-all may go back an' tell your folks that as you leaves
you hears me give the call to my guests, "All promenade to the bar";
an' the dancin' is done. To-morrow I departs for Red Dog to begin
life anew. Wolfville is too slow a camp for any gent with any
swiftness to him.'"
CHAPTER XV.
SLIM JIM'S SISTER.
"Which thar's folks in this caravansary I don't like none," remarked
the Old Cattleman, as I joined him one afternoon on the lawn.
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