[Hopalong Cassidy’s Rustler Round-Up by Clarence Edward Mulford]@TWC D-Link bookHopalong Cassidy’s Rustler Round-Up CHAPTER II 5/10
Yu don't reckon I has to have fust deal to beat yu fellers, do yu? Go way an' lemme alone; I never seed such a bunch fer buttin' in as yu fellers." Billy Williams returned to the bar.
Then he walked along it until he was behind the recalcitrant possessor of the table.
While his aggrieved friends shuffled their feet uneasily to cover his approach, he tiptoed up behind Jimmy and, with a nod, grasped that indignant individual firmly by the neck while the others grabbed his feet.
They carried him, twisting and bucking, to the middle of the street and deposited him in the dust, returning to the now vacant table. Jimmy rested quietly for a few seconds and then slowly arose, dusting the alkali from him. "Th' wall-eyed piruts," he muttered, and then scratched his head for a way to "play hunk." As he gazed sorrowfully at the saloon he heard a snicker from behind him.
He, thinking it was one of his late tormentors, paid no attention to it.
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