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He felt him all over with grimy , gentle fingers and `` allowed they war n't nothin ' broke ... just skairt him outer a year 's growth , '' handed him back to the boy and went again to his horseshoe . The people pressed close with little clucks of sympathy and made the nicest fuss about it , and the boy turned out to be Daniel Gillespie and I went right on home with him and arranged to move there to-morrow -- his mother desiring a day in which to `` red up '' for me . I wanted to go at once -- I 'm so afraid this hotel might close with a snap , with me on the inside . At noon to-day I did not crave any of the ready-to-wear effects on the zebra menu card and asked the aloof young lady under the pompadour how long the chops would take . '' ` Bout fifteen minutes . '' `` Very well , then , '' I said , `` I 'll take the chops . '' '' _ Ai n't _ any . ''