Only
the mild and inoffensive Amiel was left of his audience.
"Huh!" he growled. "Ain't goin' to waste my breath on _you_, Amiel
Perdue. Go git me a scuttle of coal."
Then, when the young fellow had departed, the storekeeper grinned
ruefully and whispered in his niece's ear:
"Hi-mighty! Cap'n Amazon's cut the sand out from under my feet. They
think he told them yarns so much better'n I do that they won't even
stay to hear me. Hard lines. Niece Louise, hard lines. But mebbe I
deserve it!"
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