Vulgar words in Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama (Page 1)

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blockhead x 1
cuss x 1
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Suppose I would--damn me!

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Suppose I'd see you and your derned old rancho in--t'other place--hic--damn me.

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That's the kind o' man I am--damn me.

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Ef ye hed a father, miss, ez instead o' harkinin' to your slightest wish, and surroundin' ye with luxury, hed made your infancy a struggle for life among strangers, and your childhood a disgrace and a temptation; ef he had left ye with no company but want, with no companions but guilt, with no mother but suffering; ef he had made your home, this home, so unhappy, so vile, so terrible, so awful, that the crowded streets and gutters of a great city was something to fly to for relief; ef he had made his presence, his very name,--your name, miss, allowin' it was your father,--ef he had made that presence so hateful, that name so infamous, that exile, that flyin' to furrin' parts, that wanderin' among strange folks ez didn't know ye, was the only way to make life endurable; and ef he'd given ye,--I mean this good old man Don Jose, miss,--ef he'd given ye as part of yer heritage a taint, a weakness in yer very blood, a fondness for a poison, a poison that soothed ye like a vampire bat and sucked yer life-blood (seizing her arm) ez it soothed ye; ef this curse that hung over ye dragged ye down day by day, till hating him, loathing him, ye saw yerself day by day becoming more and more like him, till ye knew that his fate was yours, and yours his,--why then, Miss Jovita (rising with an hysterical, drunken laugh), why then, I'd run away with ye myself,--I would, damn me!

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Miss Mary Morris, have you become such an egregious fool that you dare not satisfy the ordinary cravings of human nature, just because an idle, dissipated, bashful blockhead--nonsense!

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Look yer, old boy (throwing himself in chair), I kin allow how it comes easy for ye to run this bank, for it's about as exciting, these times, as faro was to ye in '49, when I first knew ye as Jack Oakhurst; but how the Devil you can sit opposite that stiff embodiment of all the Ten Commandments, day by day, damn it!

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I gave up gambling, married, and settled down, saved my money, invested a little here and there, and--worked for it, Jack, damn me,--worked for it like a damned horse!

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Damn Morton & Son!

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He was allers onsartain, the darned little cuss!

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Oh, damn my wife!

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I was like you once, damn it,--ahem--it's all for the best, my boy, all for the best.

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I'll take the young rascal (aside)--damn it, he's already taken me--(aloud) on equal terms.

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Damn the servants!

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No--damn it!

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