Dunny; A Mountain Romance (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1906 Excerpt: ... XII A SURPRISE-PARTY N air of mystery pervaded Tid Flack's dingy little cobbler-shop on the night of the final conspiracy, for Tid, Jimmie Sutt, Malin Crowe, and Henry Dole, the inmates, were not only particularly silent when Thomas King made bold to enter at the door, but their shadows were cast upon the walls in prodigious size by the sickly little lamp beside the cobbler's knee, and their looks suggested guilt. King came in there impatiently. His mood was one of scorn for all the gathered company and their plans, yet beneath it lay curiosity of exceptional significance. He looked the assemblage over with a certain air of superiority, and studied Tid Flack's countenance with scant respect. "Well," he said, after a moment of impressive silence, "I just dropped in as I was passin' by, fer I didn't reckon to attend no regular meeting. I only thought I'd see if you old ninnies was still foolin' 'round to git up a jack-legged soiree up to Mrs. Hank's." The rawboned lumbermen stirred on their seats uneasily. All looked to Cobbler Flack for defence of their present position. Tid coughed behind his hand. "No, King, we ain't contemplating anything gaudy or Shakesperious," he replied, with gravity. "We're preparing a home-made suppriseparty--just a regular, old-fashioned suppriseparty--for little Dunny Weaver, and we thought as you was sort of sweet on his sister, why--" "Turn that off, Flack --turn it off " interrupted King, vehemently. "Shut down your headgate right where you are I ain't been around no more than any of these other galoots--and none of us ain't done very fancy anyhow. What's more, you don't know a supprise-party when you see it. Supprise-party? Rats You've been talkin' about the racket for the last three days, and everybody into camp knows the t...