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Tudder day, he said he bleeb'd I know'd suthin' 'bout it, 'cause he found dat knife of mine dar in de winder; and the Lord knows I'se innocent as a lamb, ob eben tinking such a ting." "Mr. Wilkins, I think, convinced him of your innocence, Jeff. He told him every fact, concerning you, that he could think of, to prove you guiltless."

The woman did not sit down, but stood by the open door, looking stupidly at Agnes Barker, as if waiting for some command. "Well, Miss Agnes, I'se here, what does the master please to want?" It was rather difficult for James Harrington, self-possessed as he was, to answer that question. The woman had taken him by surprise.

But if ye put me to charges, I'se work it out o'ye. I seena why ye shouldna haud the pleugh, now that the pleughman has left us; it wad set ye better than wearing thae green duds, and wasting your siller on powther and lead; it wad put ye in an honest calling, and wad keep ye in bread without being behadden to ony ane."

"I'se gwine to do my best fo' you," said the colored man, and dinner, which was served at one o'clock, proved to be little short of a genuine feast, with oxtail soup, breast of lamb, mashed potatoes, green peas, lettuce, coffee, pudding and cheese. "Why, Aleck, this is a surprise," said Dora. "Some day they will want you to become the chef in a big hotel."

I'se warrant they'll tak ye in, whether ye be gentle or semple. 'Simple enough, to be wandering here at such a time of night, thought Mannering, who was ignorant of the meaning of the phrase; 'but how shall I get to the PLACE, as you call it? 'Ye maun baud wessel by the end o' the loan, and take tent o' the jaw-hole. 'O, if ye get to eassel and wessel again, I am undone!

"If you get her ear, you're all right; the plague is to get it with them two she-cats ready to tear your eyes out. If I'se you, I'd ask to see her. I wouldn't tell my arrent either, till I did. She's sick upstairs; but I'll see if Pamely can't manage it.

"That's spicy!" the soldier was saying. "Got any more like that?" "I'se got a pome," said Stephen, and drew a piece of paper from his pocket. The valley had broadened. Old Sarum rose before them, ugly and majestic. "Write this yourself?" he asked, chuckling. "Rather," said Stephen, lowering his head and kissing Aeneas between the ears. "But who's old Em'ly?" Rickie winced and frowned.

"Pompey," he said, "this is Miss Evadne Hildreth from Barbadoes." The man bent his head low over the little hand which was instantly stretched out to him. "I'se very glad to see Miss 'Vadney," he said with simple fervor. "I was powerful fond of Mass Lennux;" and Evadne felt she had received her warmest welcome.

The child stood still and looked up into Fan's face, and then she also involuntarily stopped, so taken was she with the little thing's beauty. "Mammy," said the child, pointing to Fan, "I'se like to tiss the pretty laly." "Well, my darling, perhaps the young lady will kiss you if you ask very nicely," said the mother.

The old warper laughed unpleasantly at that. "And I'se uphaud," he said, "you're none sure but what shell tak' him! You're no as sure she'll refuse him as that there's a sun in the heavens, and I'm a broken man." For a moment sympathy nigh compelled Tommy to say a hopeful thing, but he mastered himself. "It would be weakness," was what he did say, "to pretend that there is any hope."