Ches.

abbreviation for

I was half way home, Ches, before I got sand enough to go back and investigate.

Ches rustled around after sticks in his funny, angularly active style, singing a song the while from the gladness of his heart.

That, Ches,” he replied, “is a matter of fifteen or twenty donkeys and an echo—did you think it was the end of the world?

It was hard labor for Ches at first, but he gritted his teeth and stuck it out manfully.

Ches worked outside, dumping the car that Jim had made of four tree sections for wheels, and sluice-box boards for sides.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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