قراءة كتاب The Americans
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اللغة: English
الصفحة رقم: 9
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Ah, I'm glad, I'm glad!
Harvey Anderson.
Against the sky it looked like some far fire.
(Gets down from the boulder)
Bill Patten.
You're of the force that's huntin' for the mine?
Harvey Anderson.
That's 'hunting' for it, yes.
Bill Patten.
You'll find it.
Harvey Anderson.
Why?
Bill Patten.
Egerton's luck.
(Calls back)
O Silas!
(To Anderson)
'Tain't no use
A-fightin' that old wolf or 'spectin' God
To put his hand between J. D. and gold.
He's got a devil that takes care of him.
A-fightin' that old wolf or 'spectin' God
To put his hand between J. D. and gold.
He's got a devil that takes care of him.
(Silas Maury and his son Willie, a boy of twelve or thirteen, enter rear)
Bill Patten.
And the same devil blacks Aug. Jergens' boots.
I'd like to get that man in some lone spot.
I'd like to get that man in some lone spot.
(They sit down. The workmen seize food and eat ravenously)
Harvey Anderson.
Mill-hands?
(Patten nods)
How's the strike?
Bill Patten.
I ain't a man
To show the white while there's a chance to win.
To show the white while there's a chance to win.
Silas Maury.
They've got till sun-down to report for work.
Bill Patten.
They'll feel like dogs, too, goin' in that gate,
After the bluff they've made, lickin' his hand.
Me for some other town. I'd rather starve.
After the bluff they've made, lickin' his hand.
Me for some other town. I'd rather starve.
Silas Maury.
They're 'ranging to bring in a lot of scabs
To-morrow, when the Governor will be there.
To-morrow, when the Governor will be there.
Bill Patten.
Much as to say, 'Now knock 'em!' Son of a bitch!
Harvey Anderson.
The Governor?
Cap Saunders.
Bill Patten.