 Me and that ass," he would say, "has been father and mother to him! Don't you," he would add, apostrophizing the helpless bundle before him, "never go back on us." By the time he was a month old, the necessity of giving him a name became apparent. He...  The Overland Monthly - Page 571920Full view - About this book
 | California - 1928 - 480 pages
...found food and nourishment, or a subtle chemistry that transmuted asses' milk to lime and phosphorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the latter...add, apostrophizing the helpless bundle before him, July, 1928 July, 1928 "never go back on us." By the time he was a month old, the necessity of giving... | |
 | Bret Harte - Short stories, American - 1871 - 288 pages
...found food and nourishment, or a subtle chemistry that transmuted asses' milk to lime and phosphorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the latter...apparent. He had generally been known as " the Kid," " Stumpy's boy," "the Cayote" (an allusion to his vocal powers), and even by Kentuck's endearing diminutive... | |
 | Bret Harte - American fiction - 1871 - 276 pages
...that transmuted asses' milk to lime and phosphorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the i* latter and good nursing. " Me and that ass," he would...apparent. He had generally been known as " the Kid," " Stumpy's boy," " the Cayote " (an allusion to his vocal powers), and even by Kentuck's endearing... | |
 | Bret Harte - Western stories - 1871 - 282 pages
...phosphorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the 1* latter and good nursing. " Me and uhat ass," he would say, " has been father and mother to...apparent. He had generally been known as " the Kid," " Stumpy's boy," " the Cayote " (an allusion to his vocal powers), and even by Kentuck's endearing... | |
 | Benjamin Nicholas Martin - American literature - 1871 - 236 pages
...found food and nourishment, or a subtle chemistry that transmuted asses' milk to lime and phosphorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the latter...apostrophizing the helpless bundle before him, "never go back onus." MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. ROBERT FULTON.* 1765-1815. From a Letter to... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1872 - 442 pages
...found food and nourishment, or a subtle chemistry that transmuted asses' milk to lime and phosphorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the latter...apparent. He had generally been known as " the Kid," " Stumpy's boy," " the Cayote " (an allusion to his vocal powers), and even by Kentuck's endearing... | |
 | Bret Harte - California - 1873 - 268 pages
...phosphorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the i* latter and good nursing. " Me and that ass," lie would say, " has been father and mother to him ! Don't...apparent. He had generally been known as " the Kid," " Stumpy's boy," " the Cayote " (an allusion to his vocal powers), and even by Kentuck's endearing... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 pages
...found food and nourishment, or a subtle chemistry that transmuted ass's milk to lime and phosphorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the latter...Don't you," he would add, apostrophizing the helpless burden before him, " never go back on us." By the time he was a month old the necessity of giving him... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 856 pages
...found food and nourishment, or a subtle chemistry that transmuted asses' milk to lime and phosphorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the latter...father and mother to him! Don't you,' he would add, apostrophising the helpless bundle before him, ' never go back on us.' All went on prosperously till... | |
 | Bret Harte - Western stories - 1882 - 434 pages
...transmuted ass's milk to lime and phosphorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the latter anil good nursing. " Me and that ass," he would say, " has been father and mother to him! I jon't you," he would add, npostrophising the helpless bundle before him, "never go back on us." Ity... | |
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