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"Well, thin, if yez has got to know, it was on the marnin' av the murders, sur," sniffled the servant girl. "When was this?" "Right afther breakfast. They had some words at the table, too." "What was said? Repeat the exact words if you can," and the coroner leaned forward expectantly, while many in the courtroom held their breath. "Mrs.
"Did ye iver behold such a shmile, Terence?" cried the little woman, when the flotilla had strung into shape and the green summer shores were slipping past. "'Tis like the look av th' Virgin in th' little Chapel av St. Joseph beyant Belknap's skirts, so sad and yet as fair as light!"
"Faix, ye've cotched a live Yankee!" exclaimed a voice there was no mistaking, as the owner slapped Bill on the shoulder. "He'll make yer fortin', av ye only stick by him. He's just cut out for the diggin's, av his mother wos here to take care of him."
What do the likes o' me know about love thin?" She smiled broadly, as she dexterously shifted the puffy white mass. "Oh, you know," I persisted, "'cos you've been in it, often. You've had lots of 'followers' now, Mary Ellen, haven't you?" "Well, thin, if ye must know, I'll tell ye point blunt to kape out av it. It's an awful thing whin it gits the best av ye." "But what's it feel like?" I probed.
"And do you mean to say that because Amos Judson turned you off and cut you out of his will, you had to come out to this forsaken land? I thought better of the town," I declared. "Oh, don't you mind! Cris Mead offered me a place in the bank. Dr. Hemingway was fur havin' me fill his pulpit off an' on. He's gettin' old. An' Judge Baronet was all but ready to adopt me in the place av a son he'd lost.
"What kind av a man is it that'll let himself be waalked on? There's no sinse in it. It's naht natchral. It's naht intinded that it should be so." "Very well," I said, smoothing the whole thing over, and so that ended. Well, the masons came, and a fine lot of pirates they surely were. Such independence! Such defiance!
"Then you will clear for action and send the crew to quarters, av ye plaise, Mr Lascelles," said O'Flaherty; which done, we hauled our wind and reached in for the narrow opening. It was a foolhardy undertaking, to my mind; but I must do. O'Flaherty the justice to say that, having entered upon it, he neglected no precaution to ensure our success.
My carcass must be like an old seventy-four, after comin' out av action, as full av holes as a meal sieve." "But what did they do to you, Bill?" said Colin, almost literally repeating the interrogatory of Terence. The sailor detailed his experiences since entering the encampment.
Dinah Shadd dexterously whipped the bottle away, saying at the same time, "'Tis nothing to be proud av," and thus captured by the enemy, Mulvaney spake: "'Twas on Chuseday week.
No. 207 3d av., between 18th and 19th sts.” How the knowledge of all the secrets of his past life was to save him years of sorrow and care at this late day he could not exactly comprehend, and was willing to pay fifty cents for the information. And then wasn’t it worth half a dollar to see a live gipsy? Of course it was.
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