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Gladstein would got for a husband a good-looking man like B. Gurin, understand me, the idee works both ways. Mrs. Gladstein attracts the clothing trade and B. Gurin sells 'em, y'understand, while B. Gurin attracts the women's garment trade and Mrs. Gladstein sells 'em." Abe sat down suddenly and took off his hat. "What are you trying to drive into, Mawruss?" he asked.
But instinctively with that idee come the thought nobody but Drusilla Sypher could or would make that admirin' remark. And I turned and advanced onto 'em with a calm mean. But I see in that first look that they looked haggard and wan, as wan agin as I ever see 'em look, and fur, fur haggarder.
He wrote to say, that, Providence permittin', it would be agreeable to him to take a part in the exercises of the evenin'; but I mistrusted he did n't mean to come. To tell the truth, Deacon Soper, I rather guess he don't like the idee of dancin', and some of the other little arrangements."
I read once how the surest way to get rid of an idee was t' dump it on another." "Dump away, Davy." "It made me feel kinder like I did long ago; an' then Susan Jane sendin' that good night up, sort o' fitted in. Janet, I've been dreamin' about William Henry Jones." Janet nodded. William Henry seemed recently to have assumed shape and form to her. He had been but a name in the past.
Jawkins seemed hurt, as an author would who had looked up from reading the finest passage in his epic only to perceive that his auditor was asleep and not spellbound. Jawkins believed in the "idée" Jawkins as Napoleon did in his destiny. "By your leave, Mr.
Coming to himself a little, he thought there might have been some mistake about the items, would like to have Miss barley's bill returned, would make it all right, had no idee that Squire Venner had a special int'rest in Miss barley, was sorry he had given offence, if he might take that bill and look it over "No. Mr. Peckham," said Mr.
Vina'll be mightily disappointed." "Good Heavens! no. 'Twould be a State's prison offence, and I don't see what ever put such a revolting idea into your head anyway, you hoary-headed old sinner!" "Deed, sah, 'tain't no idee ob mine. "An' don't yer t'ink, sah, de law might be changed, jus' for dis one time, or dat Vina an' I could be sent to de penitentium togedder?
As between England and France, however, since we are at peace with both, we Americans have nothing to do with their quarrels." "I thought that would be your idee, Miles, and yet it would be awkward to be in the midst of a fight, and take no part in it. I'd give a hundred dollars to be on board that Frenchman, this minute." "Are you so much in love with defeat, as to wish to be flogged?"
Sergeant Corney was equipped in much the same fashion as was I, and immediately after my arrival he said, impatiently: "There is no reason why we should remain here many minutes, as if tryin' to show ourselves. It stands us in hand to strike the trail while it is yet warm, an' by dallyin' the people will come to believe our only idee is to look bigger'n we really are."
But as we went up the stairway into our room, perfectly tuckered out, both on us, I sez to him, in weary axents, "That picture wuz cheap enough, for the money, wuzn't it?" He groaned aloud. And sech is my love for that man, that the minute I heard that groan I immegetly added, "Though I hadn't no idee of buyin' it, Josiah."
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