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"Pooh, no!" replied another voice, "never kill if it can be helped: trust me 'tis an ugly thing to think of afterwards. Besides, what use is it? A robbery, in these parts, is done and forgotten; but a murder rouses the whole country." "Damnation, man! why, the deed's done already, he's as dead as a door- nail."
"Yes," said a voice which at first he couldn't recognize. "The deed's recorded. So legally, Henry owns the property now." Mr. Mix nodded triumphantly; the voice belonged to Mr. Archer, a leading lawyer and Mr. Starkweather's closest friend. "That's the idea." This was in Mr. Starkweather's familiar bass. "Now how'd you fix the will?" "Why, it was very simple.
He has done a deal better for himself the second time than he did the first. I dare say it was what he suffered the first time made him choose so different the second. It is not to be wondered at that the squire is vext, but he ought to have learnt wisdom now, and it is to be hoped he will come round by and by. But whether or not, the deed's done, and he cannot undo it." Mrs.
Of co'se, you must put in the date, an' make the 'Kitty' nice an' fancy, please. Lordy, well, the deed's done an' I reckon he'll threaten to divo'ce me when he sees it till he reads the inscription. Better put in the 'lovin', I reckon, an' put it in capitals they don't cost no more, do they? Well, goodbye, Mr. Lawson, I reckon you'll be glad to see me go.
All our winter wood to run the mill is there an' we can't start into cordin' till it's surveyed an' the deed's passed. Sorry to hurry you" Clay promised to start at daylight and Jud left. He looked at his watch. It was late. He would like to tell Helen about it he said aloud: "Making a hundred dollars a week. If I could only keep up that I'd I'd " He blushed.
It's leased until next Monday; after that it's yours to operate. The deed's recorded now. It's yours outright. Did your aunt tell you what the conditions are?" "All or nothing!" "Yes. Oh, he made a separate provision for Miss Starkweather; she'll never go hungry; but the bulk of the estate depends on what you do with the business in the next year.
"Pooh, no!" replied another voice, "never kill if it can be helped: trust me 'tis an ugly thing to think of afterwards. Besides, what use is it? A robbery, in these parts, is done and forgotten; but a murder rouses the whole country." "Damnation, man! why, the deed's done already, he's as dead as a door-nail."
Balderstone, ye suld hae been fashed wi' few o' mine," said the downright man of staves and hoops, "if I had only your gude-will to thank ye for: I suld e'en hae set the guse, and the wild deukes, adn the runlet of sack to balance that account. Gude-will, man, is a geizen'd tub, that hauds in nae liquor; but gude deed's like the cask, tight, round, and sound, that will haud liquor for the king."
"The king´ look'd o´ver his left´ shoul-der´, And a grim´ look look´-ed hee´, Earl Mar´-shal, he said´, but for´ my oath´ Or hang´-ed thou´ shouldst bee´." "Well, that's what we'll do," said Fairway. "We'll give 'em a song, an' it please the Lord. What's the good of Thomasin's cousin Clym a-coming home after the deed's done?
Still, when they heard of those things that he had wrought on Horse-Head Heights, they welcomed him for his deed's sake. Eric sat two nights at Coldback, and on the second day Saevuna his mother and Unna rode thence with their servants to the wedding-feast of Swanhild the Fatherless.
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