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"Not till we're through with ye," Jake told him. "Ye've had ye'r own way in this place long enough, an' it's our turn now." "We'll teach ye a thing or two, ye bloody liar," Tom Totten roared. "Ye'r heart's as black as ink, an' ye'r body'll be jist as black in a few minutes. Bring on the stuff, boys."
"Don't be no minute away from him," urged Buck, "that's all I ask." "Cure his brain," said his mother monotonously, "an' his body'll take care of itself. Who's that talkin' with your dad outside?" Very faintly they caught the sound of voices, and after a moment the departing clatter of a galloping horse. Old Sam ran into the house breathless. "Who was it?
And Judy remarked that evening, when, after supper, they were all on the porch watching the sunset: "Hit sure is dad burned funny how all tangled an' snarled up everythin' kin git 'fore a body kin think most, an', then, if a body'll just keep a-goin' right along, all ter onct hit's all straightened out as purty as anythin'."
Have some more sass, Miss Dodge. I want it eat up, for I believe it's a workin', but I telled her that warn't the trouble; Mary's too softly to hurt a miskeeter. And so young too. It's government she'll lack in. If any body'll have a piece of this dried apple pie, I'll cut it."
The boy followed, and then the master took his seat in the stern, with his flintlock fowling piece within reach. "My dead body'll float down here past the Nancy Jane," said Jim Lewis to the captain; "and I'll ha'nt your ship forever see if I don't!" He half rose and waved his hand threateningly as he said this in a hoarse, sepulchral voice. "Mr.
"That's unfort'nit," said Quentin. "Thae twa look like an advance-gaird, an' if so, the main body'll no be lang o' gallopin' up to see what's the maitter. It behoves us to rin!" The only port of refuge that appeared to them as they looked quickly round was a clump of trees on a ridge out of which rose the spire of a church.
Curious thing how one body'll have a thing an' another won't, an' can't seem t' get it, even when he wants it an' tries. Now you couldn't make nothin' but jest plain farmer out of me, no matter what you done t' me." "Do you think they'll give her the school?" John asked. Silas's laugh made the young man uncomfortable. He had intended to avoid the necessity for it, but had forgotten himself.
"Your body'll all be cut off," replied Katie, making the motion of a pair of scissors with her fingers; "all be cut right straight off; there won't be nuffin' left but just your little spirit!" "Since you know so much, dear, how large is my spirit?" Katie put her hand on the left side of the belt of her apron. "Don't you call that small, right under my hand a-beatin'?" said she.
I keep on asking people what they think when I ought to know.... But I'm going to stop all that. I'm going to fight." "Fight little Mamma?" "No. Myself. The bit of me that claws on to her and can't get away. My body'll stay here and take care of her all her life, but my self will have got away. It'll get away from all of them.
But when we came to go into it, we found there was, so we had that archway cleared of all the stone and rubbish and of course we found him." "The body'll have to be removed, sir," whispered the police-sergeant. "It'll have to be taken down to the inn, to wait the inquest." Marston Greyle started. "Inquest!" he said. "Oh! will that have to be held? I suppose so yes.
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