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About an hour later he came back and said, 'You have an awful hard time bringin' me up, don't you? I said yes, and added that he might spare me the necessity of scolding him so often, to which he replied that he'd try, but thought it would be better if I'd take a vacation for a month. He hadn't much hope for his own improvement." Thaddeus shook internally.
Then somethin' whispers inside o' your winkers, bringin' up all that talk abaout servitood an' inalienable truck an' sech like, an' jest then a Militia gun goes off; er your wheels hit, an' waal, you're only another horse ez can't be trusted. I've been there time an' again.
I hear talk 'bout some massys goin' arter dem an' bringin' back mor'n dey had in de fust place. Were there any Negroes of your acquaintance who were skilled in any particular line of work, if so give details? The Turners made furniture wid knobs an' bumps on just like that stand and bed. They made fancy chairs an' put cowhide seats stretch-across 'em.
If that ain't what y' mean, what do y' mean? It can't be so, Miss Badlam: she's one o' my babies. At any rate, I handled her when she fust come to this village, and none o' my babies never did sech a thing. Fifteen year old, and be bringin' a whole family into disgrace!
"Yes, and I tell ye it succeeded like a charm," the captain continued. "I gave up Bess, and, lo and behold, she came back last sight bringin' another cow with her." "My cow, eh?" the parson queried. "Sure. But didn't it prove the missionary's words to be true: 'Give, and ye'll receive more in return? We gave up our only cow and now we have two."
"Well spoken, indeed," echoed Grummidge, "and I thank you, Master Spitfire, for bringin' this here matter to a head. Now, lads," he added, turning to the crowd, "you have bin wrong an' informal, so to speak, in your proceedin's when you appinted me governor o' this here colony.
It may be comin' while we be lookin' and wonderin'. Maybe it's in that wind out over the sea that's bringin' with it loss and wreck, and sore distress, and sad hearts. Look! Look!" he cried suddenly. "There's something in that wind and in the hoast beyont that sounds, and looks, and tastes, and smells like death. It's in the air.
"Oh, Mis' Lunn," said Captain Crowe excitedly, "I saw some elegant mackerel brought ashore, blown up from the south'ard, I expect, though so late in the season; and I recalled that you once found some acceptable. I thought 't would help you out." "I'm obliged to you, Captain Crowe," said the mistress of the house; "and to think of your bringin' 'em yourself this drenchin' day!
Little Jim climbed into the saddle, and, turning to cast a lingering and hopeful glance at Bartley, a glance which suggested the possibilities of further practice with the Luger gun, he rode away, a manful figure, despite his size. "They're bringin' my kid up right," said Cheyenne, as though in explanation of something about which he did not care to talk.
"Ou ay; he'll do weel eneuch, too; though mind ye the puir laddie has had a narrow escape. But they're a' richt the noo; I ken richt weel what tae do wi' baith noo that I hae succeedit in bringin' back some signs o' life in them. And noo, captain, if ye'll excuse me, I'll eh, weel! hoo's a' wi' ye the noo, my mon?"
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