That little black cuss called himself El Chico,that means The small,and said he belonged to the copper-mines band, and hailed us to see if he couldn't get a little terbacker; but all he wanted, was to see how we was armed, and if we had any larger party.

"Just what they all say; but they're treacherous cusses, and either one of 'em, would shake with one hand and scalp with t'other one, ef they got a chance.

From this Captain Selover went on into a good old-fashioned deep-sea "cussing out," to the great joy of the stevedores.

All gay and festive cusses caught driving faster than ordinary gait in the city, will be brought before Judge Vaughan, for instancethe fine is $20.

Casey had not thought of it before; mere cussing was natural to him as breathing, and he had scarcely been aware of the fact that Ole was speaking.

"For a steady-minded cuss, yuh do have surprising streaks, Dilly, and that's a fact.

You insults us by paying such low-down ornary cusses as Snowie.

I can tell yuh whyand it ain't for killing Texas and Rawhidetwo as measly, ornery cusses as there was in townit ain't for that.

"The cowardly cusses!" said Jerry, as we paused to take breath from our labors.

The world is full of fellows who could take the energy which they put into useless cussing of their men, and double their business with it.

We are only bummersout of the game, a thin scatterin' of poor, dilapidated cusses, compared with what we used to be in the grand old gold-days.