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"'Marster, I l'arns dat it's a sin fer ter steal, er ter lie, er fer ter want w'at doan b'long ter yer; en I l'arns fer ter love de Lawd en ter 'bey my marster. "Mars Dugal' sorter smile' en laf' ter hisse'f, like he 'uz might'ly tickle' 'bout sump'n, en sezee: "'Doan 'pear ter me lack readin' de Bible done yer much harm, Dave. Dat's w'at I wants all my niggers fer ter know.
You don't strike me as one of them four-flushes, achin' to kill somebody. But if you are go ahead an' open the ball.... You see, I never throw a gun on them fellers till they go fer theirs." Knell coolly eyed his antagonist, his strange face not changing in the least. Yet somehow it was evident in his look that here was metal which rang differently from what he had expected.
He lemme smell it." "Oh, yes!" said Mrs. Snawdor, "she's got to have her perfumery, an' her feather in her hat, an' the whitewash on her face, no matter if Dan's feet are on the groun', an' his naked hide shinin' through his shirt." "Well, I wish him an' this here little girl wasn't mixed up in this business," repeated Uncle Jed. "Courts ain't no place fer children.
"Nor for Golden here," went on the rider, "we'll be pals as long as we both live nor fer-fer " he stopped again, hesitated, looked yearningly at the quivering cheek against the curving arm, and went on to the finish. "Nor fer that one kiss, Tharon it's my one treasure for life, so help me, God that you give me that night.
She ain't goin' ter stay but a week longer with us, an' then she goes ter stay with her brother Jabez, an' land knows, I pity Mis' Brimblecom, fer Sabriny says she's goin' ter stay the whole summer.
"What will we have for supper, Pinkey?" he shouted, finally. Pinkey replied promptly: "I was thinkin' we'd have ham and gra-vy and cowpuncher perta-toes; and maybe I'll build some biscuit, if we kin wait fer 'em." "Let's not have biscuit let's have crackers." Ham and gravy and cowpuncher potatoes!
I’d like to stop and watch him longer but I must be goin’. I come out to hunt fer”—Miranda hesitated for a suitable object before this country-bred woman who well knew that strawberries were not ripe yet—“wintergreens fer Grandma,” she added cheerfully, not quite sure whether they grew around these parts, “and I must be in a hurry. Good-bye! Thank you fer the drink.”
But with it all, Landy Spencer kept his moral slate fairly clean. Then as the sober days of manhood came, and Landy witnessed the finish of the improvident and foolish, he began to save and skimp. "Hit's the pore house fer a cow hand," was his terse aphorism on the subject, and Landy had never seen a "fitten" poor house.
Apperthwaite's playing cards." "What!" "I happen to know that he'll be there all evening." Mr. Peck smote his palms together. "Grist!" he called, over his shoulder, and his colleague struggled forward. "Listen to this: even Dowden ain't at Beasley's. Ain't the Lord workin' fer us to-night!" "Why don't you take Dowden with you," I urged, "if there's anything you want to show him?"
Heretofore, that day had always been to her remotely vague a thing belonging to the future. Now, with a sudden and appalling menace, it seemed to loom across the present. She came close, and her voice sank with her sinking heart. "What air hit?" she tensely demanded. "What air hit, Samson? What fer hev ye fetched yer gun ter the field?" The boy laughed.
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