“How to get over the river was the bother. At last, after thinking a heap about it, I came to the conclusion that I always did: that the boldest plan is the best and safest.”
“I never, in all my life, took any mean advantage of an enemy.”
“My dearly beloved if I am to die today and never see the sweet face of you I want you to know that I am no great man and am lucky to have such a woman as you.”
“I have quit chewing tobacco and don’t touch any lager beer, and I don’t speak to the girls at all. I am getting to be a perfect hermit; my fiddle, my dog, and my gun I almost worship.”
“I have a mother back there in Illinois who is old and feeble. I haven’t seen her this many a year and haven’t been a good son to her, yet I love her better than anything in this life.”
“When the war closed, I buried the hatchet, and I won’t fight now unless I’m put upon.”
“There has been two awful fights in town this week. You don’t know anything about such fighting at home as I speak of; this is no place for women and children, yet, although they all say it is so quiet here… if a man fights in Kansas and gets whipped, he never says anything more about it. If he does, he will get whipped for his trouble.”
“I have never insulted man or woman in my life, but if you knew what a wholesome regard I have for damn liars and rascals, they would be liable to keep out of my way.”
“This circus that’s advertised to show and furnish a little amusement for us heathens is owned by a woman, one whose pluck catches my sympathy every time.”
“Agnes Darling, if such should be we never meet again, while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wife – Agnes – and with wishes even for my enemies I will make the plunge and try to swim to the other shore.”
“If I’ve got any authority in Hays, Mrs. Lake isn’t going to pay this town a cent of license for showing, and if any man attempts to stop this show, then just put it down that he’s got me to fight.”
“I know my Agnes and only live to love her.”
“Harness mules and oxen, but give a horse a chance to run.”
“I don’t like to talk about that McCanles affair. It gives me a queer shiver whenever I think of it, and sometimes I dream about it and wake up in a cold sweat.”
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