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"'Tis my askin', Rogers. I put it as a favour." "What about your friend? I was thinkin' as maybe he'd take over the job." "'Bias?" Captain Cai shook his head. "He've no gift in money matters; let be that I don't believe in mixin' friendship in business." Mr Rogers pondered this for some while in silence.
"You don't say!" he murmured at last in innocent admiration. "Well, now, to think of a little feller like you a-bein' all that! But jest what be them there esteticks what you're professor of if you don't mind my askin'?" The distinguished scholar answered promptly, in his best platform voice, "The science or doctrine of the nature of beauty and of judgments of tastes."
That's true an' I know it's true too because she's been askin' an' askin' me to have it done an' I said not by no means so she's left off." "Did ?" asked Mrs. Lathrop. "The Jilkinses is real mad over the paper, too," Susan continued. "Seems as Elijah went an' called 'em the 'Chirpy Cherry Ponders, an' Mrs.
'Ye dinna ken what ye are daein', my man, askin' me to come an' bide wi' you. I've mair respect for ye than ye hae for yersel'. I'm much obleeged, a' the same, but I'm no' comin'. He perceived that the highest motive prompted her, and it convinced him as nothing else could have done that, if she had erred, she had also repented sincerely. 'What will you do, then? he asked.
"Sendin' me to look up them two Keswicks, who was both put down as cordwainers in year before last's directory, and askin' 'em if there was any Juniuses in their families." "Junius Keswick, did you say? Is that the name of the gentleman Mr Candy was looking for?" "Yes," said the boy. Presently the cashier remarked: "I am going to look at the books."
But my grandmother always did say if you didn't like a person, spew them out of your heart and shut your mouth. And here I am talkin' about a nothin', 'stead of askin' you 'bout yourself. It's been a long time since I seen you.
"Dave he couldn't hardly he'p hisse'f," Buck Byington broke in. "They was runnin' on him considerable, Dug." "I ain't askin' for excuses. I'm tellin' you boys what's what," retorted the road boss. "Sanders, give him his gun." The cowpuncher took a step backward. He had no intention of handing a loaded gun to Miller while the gambler was in his present frame of mind.
Both the candidates is tellin' 'em the same old story, and each of 'em is askin' the workin' men to elect 'im to Parlimint, and promisin' to do something or other to make things better for the lower horders.
He could understand just why I didn't want to be called hard names, and yet I didn't object to his thinkin' whatever he pleased. I'd like him to know " "No one can speak to him, no one can tell him," March began again, but again Dryfoos prevented him from going on. "I understand it's a delicate thing; and I'm not askin' you to do it.
"Me?" demanded the man with an assumption of jauntiness. "I'm Donley, Dick Donley, that's who I am!" "When did you get here?" "'Bout an hour ago." "What did you come for?" "Lookin' for a job." "Did Carson say he hadn't anything for you?" "No, he didn't. You're askin' a lot of questions, if you want to know," he added with new surliness. "Then why are you going in such a hurry?
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