United States or South Africa ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
He had loosened his hold of Alice, but he still stood between her and her father. "It's for her t' saay ef she'll 'aave mae." "She has said she won't, Mr. Greatorex." "Ay, she's said it to mae, woonce. But I rackon she'll 'ave mae now." "Not even now." "She's toald yo'?" He did not meet her eyes. "Yes." "She's toald yo' she's afraid o' mae?" "Yes. And you know why." "Ay. I knaw.
He told the tale with the greatest gusto, and invariably began and ended in the same manner. "You sin it in th' paper, I make no doubt, but yer can 'aave it from me to its proper purpus. Mr. Dale he plunged without so much as tekking off of his getters and spurs." And then he described how, stupefied by his mortal danger, he treated Dale more like an enemy than a savior.
And it made no difference to her, and it made no difference to Jim. "I'll tell yo anoother quare thing. 'T' assn't got mooch t' do wi' good and baad. T' drink 'll nat drive it from yo, an' sin'll nat drive it from yo. Saw I raakon 't is mooch t' saame thing as t' graace o' Gawd." "Did the grace of God go away from you when you married, Jim?" "Mebbe t' would 'aave ef I'd roon aaffter it.
"Nat Assy Gaale?" he said. "Assy Gaale? 'Oo's she to mook 'er naame with 'er dirty toongue?" "Yo'll not goa far thot road, Jimmy. 'Tis wi' t' womenfawlk yo'll 'aave t' racken." He knew it. The first he had to reckon with was Maggie. Maggie, being given notice, had refused to take it. "Yo' can please yoresel, Mr. Greatorex. I can goa. I can goa.
Veale, although sadly bemused, at once said that he could refuse nothing to the wife of his preserver. "Oh, lor-a-mussy, yes, mum, you may 'aave my little Norrer an' do what you like wi' her. Bless her heart, I look on Norrer and her brothers to be the comfort o' my old age, but I wunt stan' in their light to interfere wi' what's best for any of 'em."
Word Of The Day