[Sally Dows and Other Stories by Bret Harte]@TWC D-Link bookSally Dows and Other Stories PART I 2/16
So supreme had it become that when the man at the window at last continued his conversation meditatively, with his face towards it, he seemed to be taking all Nature into his confidence. "The worst thing about it is, that the only way we can keep her out of the settlement is by the same illegal methods which we deplore in other camps.
We have always boasted that Buckeye could get along without Vigilance Committees or Regulators." "Yes, and that was because we started it on the principle of original selection, which we are only proposing to continue," replied one of the men on the counter.
"So there's nothing wrong about our sending a deputation to wait upon her, to protest against her settling here, and give her our reasons." "Yes, only it has all the impudence without the pluck of the Regulators. You demand what you are afraid to enforce.
Come, Parks, you know she has all the rights on her side.
Look at it squarely.
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