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Grimes' fancy so much, that when he came alongside he called out to her: "This is a hard road for a gradely foot like that. Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?" But, perhaps, she did not admire Mr. Grimes' look and voice; for she answered quietly: "No, thank you: I'd sooner walk with your little lad here." "You may please yourself," growled Grimes, and went on smoking.
"I merely told you because I knew you were a friend, and would let it go no farther. But would you have thought it?" "I certainly am very much surprised." "So am I. But when things pass right before your eyes and ears, there is no gainsaying them." "No. Seeing is said to be believing." "Of course it is." "But, Mrs. Grimes, are you very sure that you heard aright?" "I am positive, Mrs. Raynor.
"Ahem!" said the president, "I think the office ought to be given to experience," and here he looked in the direction of Charlie. "Who's he?" inquired Billy. "Who's Sperience?" "Silence!" ordered the president. "Little boys must speak only when they are spoken to." Billy pouted. "Why couldn't we have two treasuries?" inquired Gov. Grimes, putting the thing for its keeper.
You're not afraid of fourteen days, I dare say." "Fourteen days is neither here nor there," said Mr Scruby. "We can let our payments stand over as long as that, without doing any harm. I'll send one of my men down to Grimes, and tell him I can't see him, till, let me see," and he looked at one of the bills, "till the 15th." But this was not exactly what George Vavasor wanted.
Then, sir, you tooke up a Spitt. Lov. A Spitt? Grimes. Yes, sir, and broacht one of the wenches out. Lov. How? Grimes. Lov. What? thy nose int? Grimes. Had I been there it had been at your service. Lov. Thanke thee; thou shouldst have lost nothing by it. Grimes. Lov. Ist possible I could doe this? Grimes. This, sir? Why you kickd one flat-nosd wench that snuffled, and swore she was a puritan.
Whatever noise had been made, the president was the author of the most of it, though he did not seem to know it. "Perhaps we'd better 'journ that," said Gov. Grimes. "That's what they do to things in meetings, when they want to put them off, my father says." "Well, we can do that, only I think we'd better have a "
Grimes moved to strike out all after the word "whereas" in the preamble of the House Joint Resolution, and insert the following: "The Legislatures of the States of Kentucky, New Jersey, and Illinois have applied to Congress to call a Convention for proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States: Therefore,
Grimes fell over the corpse, and Cheshire, clubbing the musket had he another barrel he would have fired coolly battered his head as he lay, and then, seizing the body of the unfortunate Jones in his arms, tossed it into the sea. "Porter, you lubber!" he cried, exhausted with the effort to lift the body, "come and bear a hand with this other one!"
Grimes, and all with an expression of the most profound unconsciousness and abstraction, which, upon the indignant Corn-chandler's loud expostulations, immediately changed to a look of innocent surprise. "Can't you look where you're going? you clumsy fool!" fumed the irate Grimes, redder of neck than ever. "Ax your pardon, Mr.
Register fear, I say just as though you expected to fall into the water the next moment. Oh, piffle! Not at all like it! not at all like it!" He was a dreadfully noisy, pugnacious man. Finally the girl said: "If you think I am not scared, Mr. Grimes, you are very much mistaken. I am. I expect to slip off here any moment Oh!" The last was a shriek of alarm.
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