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But Cephas said he wuz jest dispatchin' a messenger for us when we arrove, for, he said, "in a time of trouble, then wuz the time, if ever, that a man wanted his near relations clost to him." And he said "we had took a load offen him by appearin' jest as we did, for there would have been some delay in gettin' us there, if the messenger had been dispatched."
He's a perfectly good highbrow, understand pointed face whiskers, shaggy forelock, wide black ribbon on his eyeglasses, and all sort of a mild-eyed, modest appearin' gent, but kind of distinguished-lookin', at that. And you'd never guess how nervous he really was. "Well, Myra?" says he, beamin' friendly through his glasses. "Lester!" she gasps.
"Then begin by doin' what I say an' ask no questions. Silent an' his crew'll be lookin' through the window over there pretty soon. You got to be eatin' an' appearin' to enjoy talkin' to me. Get that an' don't forget it. Mix in plenty of smiles. Cumberland, you get back into the shadow an' stay there. Don't never come out into the light.
"I don't think we ever had a better teacher. She's quiet, and nice appearin', and attends to her business." Mr. Dodd pulled his tuft, and cocked his head. "Mr. Worthington holds a note of yours, don't he, Jonathan?" Mr. Hill reflected. He said he thought perhaps Mr. Worthington did. "Well," said Mr. Dodd, "I guess we might as well go along up to the jedge now as any time."
She's lucky to get any kind of a husband; she's too humbly to choose. I declare, she reminds me of a Jack-o'-lantern, though if you look at the back of her, or see her in meetin' with a thick veil on, she's about the best appearin' woman in Edgewood.... I never see anybody stiffen up as Anthony has. He had me make him three white shirts and three gingham ones, with collars and cuffs on all of 'em.
"Well, soon as I sold the stock I hit for the lake front and began to ground sluice the coal dust off of my palate. "I was busy working my booze hydraulic when I see an arid appearin' pilgrim 'longside lookin' thirsty as an alkali flat. "'Get in, says I, and the way he obeyed orders looked like he'd had military training.
Josiah studied their costoom with happy interest, but a deep shade of anxiety darkened his mean as they would spread out their wares before me, and he sez with a axent of tender interest: "If you knew, Samantha, how much more beautiful you looked to me in your cameo pin you would never think of appearin' in diamonds and rubies."
"Why, they're cousins o' Kenneth Forbes, it seems, an' come from New York to git him elected." "What are they like?" "They're swell dressers, 'Rast, an' nice appearin' girls, and mighty sharp with their tongues. They had a good meetin' last night and there'll be another at the town hall next week." "Pah! Girls!
"Well, I never knew a Mulbridge yet 't objected to prop'ty, especially, other folks's." "Barlow he's tellin' round that she 's very fine appearin'." He handed the corn-ball to Widow Seth Wray's boy, who went noiselessly out on his bare feet. Cap'n Billy drew several long breaths.
These young females appearin' in public for this purpose wuz very agreeable to the hull meetin' house, and wuz right accordin' to the rules of the Methodist Meetin' House, for I remember I asked about it when the question first come up about sendin' female delegates to the Conference, and all the male members of our meetin' house wuz so horrified at the idee.
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