"Quad's odds"; . ucting a bigshanty and arranging it, and when the society met, ColonelPick was elected president by acclamation. He felt theimportance of his position, and appreciated the high honor,and there were tears in his eyes as he arose and began : Feller-citizens of Black Wolf—This ar an honor whichI didnt suspect—blast me if I did! I didnt want no offis,but I wont go back on you. I thank you much try and do the squar thing by everybody. I haint much of a public speaker, andI cant say much. Im kinderembarrassed and flopped! The first two debates passedoff all right, probably
"Quad's odds"; . ucting a bigshanty and arranging it, and when the society met, ColonelPick was elected president by acclamation. He felt theimportance of his position, and appreciated the high honor,and there were tears in his eyes as he arose and began : Feller-citizens of Black Wolf—This ar an honor whichI didnt suspect—blast me if I did! I didnt want no offis,but I wont go back on you. I thank you much try and do the squar thing by everybody. I haint much of a public speaker, andI cant say much. Im kinderembarrassed and flopped! The first two debates passedoff all right, probably owing tothe fact that the Colonel wasleft to do most of the of the men were shy aboutstanding up, and some couldnthave said twenty words if deathhad been the alternative. When not on his feet theColonel sat cross-legged on abarrel, looking very dignified and consequential, and liefrequently remarked: Gentlemen, this ere debate ar open to of the miners, named Lanky Fox, who had been. The Colonel. CARRIED INTO AFRICA. 119 over to Grizzly Rise for two weeks, returned just beforethe third weekly meeting. He was a conceited fellow,having a ready tongue, and he spent one day fixing him-self up for the debate, meaning to demolish any one whodared take the opposing side of the question. There was a committee of three to select subjects fordebate, and on that night, as I well remember, the bulletinboard bore the following:
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