[The Free Rangers by Joseph A. Altsheler]@TWC D-Link bookThe Free Rangers CHAPTER IV 27/30
Oh, won't he be angry!" Sol slipped off his hunting shirt, and slipped on the doublet. "It's a little tight in the shoulders," he said, "but I could wear it in a pinch, that is, I guess I'd hev to wear it in a pinch.
Say, Henry, ain't I a beauty ?" He stood up in the boat and turned slowly around and around, his arms extended and the doublet glittering.
Henry leaned against the side of the boat and laughed. "It doesn't suit you, Sol," he replied, "you're a fine looking man, but it's in your own way, not the Spanish way." Sol took off the garment, folded it up carefully, and put it back in the locker. "Anyway, I'm goin' to claim it," he said.
"I want it to make Jim Hart jealous.
An', Henry, thar's a lot more things here, a little tent all rolled up, some bottles o' medicine, some more clothes, two big bottles o' brandy, and a whole lot o' house-keepin' truck, like pins an' needles an' thread, an' them things that kin be pow'ful useful to us on a long journey.
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