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Title: Opie Read in the Ozarks, including many of the rich, rare, quaint, eccentric, ignorant and superstitious sayings of the natives of Missouri and Arkansaw
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Read, Opie Percival, 1852-1939
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Publisher: Chicago, R. B. McKnight & Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the dazzling searchlightthrown from the river. The young man loitered aimlessly, and then rolleda stone from the brow of the cliff. A great excitement was spread throughout Honey-cutt county; A circus was coming, and glaring billswere on the blacksmith shop, rudely posted over thebarter Iliads of Josh Tabb, the poet. It was the firstcircus that had ever declared its intention to comeinto this dozing neighborhood, and it was hard to be-lieve that the posters were not evidences of a cruelflirtation rather than a promise that should be ful-filled. Old Uncle John did not believe that there wasan elephant; and as for a camel, why, the entire breedpassed away when Jerusalem fell. But the circuscame, and with it were an elephant and a camel. Theelephant was badly worn, and bore the appearance ofhaving been patched here and there with a quality ofleather somewhat inferior to the original material;and a more dejected looking creature than the camel OPIE READ IN THE OZARKS. 31 Z73^irlMn liill^
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I gad, Joshie, ef I could cut that caper thar aint nopower that could keq) me outen the Legislatur. Lookthar, will you? 32 OPIE READ IN THE OZARKS. could not have existed. It was blind of an eye, and itshair appeared to have been singed off in places. Theentire outfit consisted of three wagons, a few packmules and a half dozen actors. But it was a great dayfor Honeycutt county, and when the performance be-gan, Uncle John and the poet sat near the ring. Abareback rider threw a backward somersault througha hoop and Uncle John, whispering to Josh, said: Id come mighty nigh bettin a steer that he cant dothat agin. And just then the rider did it again, and Uncle Johnagain whispered: Did you see that? I-gad, Joshie, ef I could cutthat caper thar aint no power that could keep meouten the Legislatur. Look thar, will you? A gauzed, pinked and bespangled young womanhad taken her place on a broad pad, and was gallop-ing around the ring. The old man nudged Josh, butthe poet heeded him not. The yo

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