Raymond S. Spears

Name: The Golden Pears — Chapter 3
Author: Raymond S. Spears

The Golden Pears — Chapter 3 (1912)

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“The Golden Pears — Chapter 3”, published in 1912, is a work by Raymond S. Spears. It explores elements such as Clinchell, Andrest and boater.

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Raymond S. Spears, The Golden Pears — Chapter 3 (1912)

“ Old Clinchell had almost had apoplexy at the thought of his Sue Belle kissing or squeezing, or anything like that, with the shiftless shanty-boater, who shipped his own furs and fish, who whistled to all kinds of dicky-birds, who knew all the flowers by their right names, and who squandered his time shucking clam-shells and cutting little images out of knuckle woods. He swore that he would "get shet" of Andrest. He ordered the plantation hands to keep him informed about the shanty-boater's movements. He worked himself up into a fine frenzy of anger and resentment. ”

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Raymond S. Spears, The Golden Pears — Chapter 3 (1912)

“ Before he arrived home he saw the truth of what people had said—he had money enough not to do his own killing. However, it was not an easy matter to find any one to do meanness as regards young Andrest. Every one knew that Andrest never refused a man a meal, and more than once he had helped the scouters in the dark swamps to get word back to their own people without danger of being traced down and caught for the rewards on their heads.
Perhaps it wasn't killing that young Andrest needed, Clinchell reflected, for killing might bring embarrassment on himself. ”

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Raymond S. Spears, The Golden Pears — Chapter 3 (1912)

“ The fugitive took the money and faded into the swamp again. Clinchell turned back into the open field and, circling around by the cotton-pickers, saw that the crew was working to his satisfaction.
He wanted to laugh at the promptness of his answer to Andrest's temporary success. Still, he could not be sure that he was completely rid of the young shanty-boater until word reached him that Andrest had dropped down past Deerport in the little yellow boat. Sometimes young men did not take hints immediately. Sometimes they waited till something happened directly to them. ”

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Raymond S. Spears, The Golden Pears — Chapter 3 (1912)

“ In the days when the Indians mastered the St. Francis bottoms, they had known this cane ridge; and because the Mississippi overflows covered even the cane during the spring and winter tides, they built a dozen mounds, one of which covered more than two acres. The big mound was thirty or thirty-five feet high when Clinchell built a split-board shack on it. He leveled off the tops of the other mounds, and built mule-pens and cattle-pens on them.
When the time came and money in plenty was in his hands, he tore down his old shack cabin, leveled off the big mound, and built a mansion on it. ”

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Raymond S. Spears, The Golden Pears — Chapter 3 (1912)

“ I got ten silver dollars right here in my pocket now for any man that promises to tear that boat up. I got forty more silver dollars to home for the man that goes and tears it up!"
Clinchell drew a canvas shot-bag from his pocket and extracted from it ten silver dollars, which he stacked like poker-chips and held up for Rip to see.
"I'll shore tear that boat up, Mr. Clinchell!" Rip declared. "Set them onto that gum log there, and I'll go get 'em. Course I trust you, Mr. Clinchell, but when a man's scoutin' he's got to keep every man covered and cayn't take no chances!" ”

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Raymond S. Spears, The Golden Pears — Chapter 3 (1912)

“ In spite of himself, old Clinchell laughed grimly.
"You see, I got to do it myself. I hate to, too. A man don't like to kill anybody, not without it's necessary; but I expect this is one of them times." Clinchell sighed. ”

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Raymond S. Spears, The Golden Pears — Chapter 3 (1912)

“ He just naturally give those black men the tearin'est, darin'est scare-up they ever had in all their borned days. He shot the ground from under their feet, made 'em dance, made 'em sing, told 'em they had to pray good. ”

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Raymond S. Spears, The Golden Pears — Chapter 3 (1912)

“ If that boat's tore up, an' what's into it all muxed around—um-m, I'd give ten silver dollars—five now and five when I hear it's done. Understand that?"
"Yas, suh."
"You'd do it?"
"I've no hawd feelings to'd Lun Andrest, suh!"
"You don't have to have. Don't you see, you do it for me! I'm the one has the hard feelings—"
"If I had the hawd feelin's, and wasn't man enough to display 'em myself, I wouldn't ast no other man to show 'em for me!" the swamp man exclaimed angrily and with his first show of feeling. ”

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