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Well, one thing fetched on another till she got to lookin' about my shop while I was trimmin' the heel-taps, an' all at once she wanted to know if thar was no harm in axin' what rent I was payin'. I told 'er fifty dollars, an' she whistled kind o' keenlike an' said: 'My gracious! an' got a vacant lot, too, right in the heart o' the square. I explained to her that I wasn't able to build a shop, an' was afraid I never would be, gettin' old like I am an' so many to feed.

"'Now, Solomon, I doan want you ter say a wo'd ter nobody 'bout meetin' me heah, but I wants you ter slip up ter de house, en fetch me some clo's en some shoes, I fergot ter tell you dat a man rob' me back yander on de road en swap' clo's wid me widout axin' me whuther er no, but you neenter say nuffin 'bout dat, nuther.

He blazed an' roared, an' comed over an' bummed my head 'pon the earhole a buster as might 'a' killed some lads. My ivers! I seed stars 'nough to fill a new sky, Joan, an' I went down tail over nose. I doubt theer's nobody in Newlyn what can hit like faither. I was for axin' mother then, but reckoned not for fear as he might be listenin' agin.

Yes, in me, Robert Frog, Esquire, of Chikopow Farm, Canada Vest, you be'old your ancient henemy, who is on'y too 'appy to 'ave the chance of axin your parding for all the trouble he gave you, an' all the 'ard names he called you in days gone by."

An' 'Eh, mother, I says out loud, 'wheer are ye, an' are ye thinkin' o' me, an' are ye in heaven? An' I geet agate o' cryin' an' axin' mysel wheer was heaven, an' was hoo raly theer. Well, at last I dozed off, an' I had a dream. I thought I saw my mother, in her cap an' apron, an' wi' her sleeves rolled up just same as hoo used to look when hoo was busy about th' house.

He cooled down arter a bit, when I'd spoke to him pretty straight, axin' who'd pay for the mess he'd made, and he went down-along to village, sayin' he'd take a bed there for hisself and his man, and pay me what was fair.

De cook she dun leff, an' I's cookin' ontwill yer grandmar git somebody. Ef you don' belieb me, ax yer mar. Ennyhow, I's gwine to 'quaint yer mar with yer conduck, axin' so many perterment questions." "But, who are the birds for?" persisted Nelly. "I know mamma never eats birds, and grandmamma isn't sick." "I 'clar, Miss Nelly, I's outdone wid you. Go outer heah, 'fore I calls yer grandmar."

I was in the store one day about a week ago, an' she come in to swap a pair o' wool socks she had knit fer coffee, an' Clem 'lowed, jest to pass the time, while he wus at the scales, he'd ax 'er what ailed her an' Lizzie, anyway. But I reckon Clem has quit axin' fool questions, fer she turned on 'im like a tiger-cat.

Then he went to the top of the stairs and said to his wife: "This childt's axin' for thee; how long art goin' to be?" "Until I've finished, good gracious! Tell him to go to sleep." "She says you're to go to sleep," the father repeated gently to Paul. "Well, I want HER to come," insisted the boy. "He says he can't go off till you come," Morel called downstairs. "Eh, dear! I shan't be long.

"Ye didn't stop to straighten it up down at the forks of the trail, did ye?" "I may have," said Key nervously. "But why?" "Ye won't mind my axin' ye another question, will ye? Ye ain't carryin' round with ye no woman's shoe?" Key felt the blood drop from his cheeks. "What do you mean?" he stammered, scarcely daring to lift his conscious eyelids to his companion's glance.