I jest set an' gawped; fer she was 'solemn trew,' I see that with half an eye, an' it kinder took my breath away.

For all I set an' gawped, I was coming raound fast, though I felt as I used tew, when I was goin' to shoot the rapids, kinder breathless an' oncertin, whether I'd come aout right side up or not.

Thorn laid his hand involuntarily upon his rifle, Dick drew off a little, and Flint illustrated one of his own expressions, for he "gawped."

But it wasn'tso I just gawped like the others.

Sellin' gawp-seed, or what is your business?" "I beg your pardon," "I meant no offense," and even "Excuse me" were things I had never learned to say.