Shoe-Bar Stratton - Chapter 13

"The low-down, ornery liar ¹!" sputtered ² Bud Jessup, face flushed and eyes snapping. "He told me to wait for them bolts if I had to stay here all day. I thought it was kinda funny he'd let me waste all this time, but I didn't have no idea at all he'd got me out of the way a-purpose to put across that dirty deal. Why, the rotten son-of-a--", ,"Easy, kid," cautioned Buck ³, glancing at the open door of the store. "You'll have Pop comin' out to see what all the excitement's about, and that isn't our game--yet.", ,He had found Bud alone on the rickety porch, kicking his heels against the railing and fretting ⁴ at his enforced idleness; and having hitched ⁵ his horse, he lost no time in giving the youngster a brief account of the happenings of the night before., , ,Stratton chuckled ⁸. This suited him perfectly ⁹ up to a certain point. He pulled the letter out of his shirt and was pleased to see that none of the writing was visible. Then he displayed the face of the envelope to his companion., ,Bud's eyes widened. "Whew!" he whistled. "That sure looks like business. What's up, Buck? Can't yuh tell a man?", ,She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子 。,The candle sputtered out. 蜡烛噼啪爆响着熄灭了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》