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"She has such long lessons, and studies late, and she's seen the big stores, and she's been to a concert full of fiddles where she saw a great big Primmy Dommy!" "Why, what's that?" asked little Hitty Buffum. "Wasn't she 'fraid when she saw the Primny what yer call it comin'?" "I do'no," said Prue, "she didn't say, but whatever 'twas, I guess 'twas pretty big, my Randy said so."
The Swede says he thinks the proprietor isn't any better than he should be." "Oh, that Swede's a regular croaker," replied the eldest brother. "'Fraid as death of his own shadow. I can take care of you and myself and the money to boot. Needn't to fret while I've got my pistols handy."
"I wouldn't soil my hands with you," said the aristocrat. "'Fraid," said "Smoky" concisely. "Youse city-ducks ain't got the I sand. I kin lick you with one-hand." "I don't wish to have any trouble with you," said Haywood. "I asked you a civil question; and you replied, like a like a a cad." "Wot's a cad?" asked "Smoky."
"Yes, Massa, I am 'fraid. S'pose we get away, dere be dogs at the big house, and dey will let 'em loose on us and follow on horseback. We shall be cotched, and dat will be de last of po' Uncle Moses." This was a staggering blow, and I own I felt for the moment an utter despair.
Oh, how dizzy-headed Selinda must have been! How skairt and how dretful her feelin's wuz! Sez I, "Dismount to once, Selinda Dagget." "No," sez she; "Bizer has placed me here, and here I will stay." "You don't know whether you will or not," sez I. "I believe you are a-fallin' off; and," sez I, "I'm 'fraid you'll git killed, Selinda; do git down!"
Having thus authenticated her story beyond a doubt, Mammy hugged Tot a little closer and began: "Once 'pon er time dar wuz a beautiful gyarden wid all kind er nice blossoms, an' trees, an' brooks, an' things, whar all de little chil'en usen ter go and play, an' in dis gyarden de grass wuz allers green, de blossoms allers bright, and de streams allers clar, caze hit b'longed to er little Fraid, named Cheery."
"Oh, here you are," he grunted. "Come ashore to look after you. 'Fraid you were lost." "We are very glad to see you," said Uncle Paul. "Sit down. We thought it was not safe to try and get aboard."
The boy cast a furtive glance at his draggled person. "'Fraid I'm a teeny bit wet, too," he said hesitatingly. "You see, I've been playing at 'Romans' an' I had to wade, you know, because I was the standard bearer who jumped into the sea waving his sword an' crying, 'Follow me! You remember him, don't you? he's in the history book." "To be sure," I nodded; "a truly heroic character.
She still stuck to the Kill-Smudge, though layin' in a fresh stock every once in a while and she dosed the tea about every other day, so's her brother wouldn't run no danger of relapse. I'm 'fraid Kenelm didn't get any too much joy out of his meals. "And so everything was all right 'cordin' to Hannah's reckonin' and it might have stayed all right if she hadn't took that trip to Washington.
'Fraid cats always are!" "But what?" pressed the boy. "Tell me something I'm afraid of." Florence glanced about her. The tall roof of the barn caught her vision. "You wouldn't dare jump off the roof there, for one thing," she ventured. Ben looked up. The point mentioned arose at least sixteen feet, and the earth beneath was frozen like asphalt, but he did not hesitate.
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