You're gettin' weak again.

The regulars have been gettin' mighty uneasy these two days, an' somethin' has got to be done, different from ditch-diggin', to keep 'em in good spirits.

I'm sure I've been as happy as a clam these last six years, and I don't calculate to resk that by gettin' married, never.

"No cause for gettin' excited," said Silent.

What with the henth gettin' tho rank, and the earwigth, and the canary creeper.

But they ain't no use of the kid gettin' shot up.

and then went on, after a pause, "I guess I tore my pants a little gettin' off of that mule; but I thought you'd like the dollar.

Some folks jes' lucky bout gettin' ahead and stayin' ahead.

"You ain't gettin' nervous, Mac?" he queried, and thrust his face closer to make sure.

"Life's gettin' too peaceful for you, eh?" grinned Silent.

"They're gettin' more polite," she commented ironically.

It was no sae deep, but the grass and the weeds were verra thick, and they closed aboot me the way the arms of an octopus mich and it was scary work gettin' free.

You two certainly done a smart job gettin' away from them.

" "The cowpunchers is gettin' so thick around those parts," broke in Purvis, "that Buck wouldn't even let me go back to his house with him to get my gun.

o' the run, an' the dogs was gettin' pretty tired, so he put a loose leader at the head t' give 'em new lifesort t' ginger 'em up.

If we told him we had been learnin' to read, he would near beat the daylights out of usafter gettin' somebody to teach us; I think he did some of that so that the other owners wouldn't say he was spoilin' his slaves.

"But Robert come down first, an' we was gettin' a bit anxious when Mrs. Maidment did tap at the door.

How're ye gettin' on?

"It'll be awful gettin' him clothes," she told the cook; "except shoes.

Captain Conkerall is to be tried by a court-martial for gettin' bastely drunk and goin' abroad with no garment but his shirt, and a sheet with a hole in it."

" "Oh, that indeed," said Mike sarcastically; "ye're gettin' altogether too good an' too grand.