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She had lowered her voice and concluded with quiet strength and dignity. The contrast to the beginning of the speech was electrical. O'Connell listened amazed. "Did the same Jerry say that?" "He did, father. An' much more. He knows Ireland well, an' loves it. Many of his best friends are Irish an' " "Wait a minnit. Have I ever been 'rough an' crude' in me manner to you, Peg?" "Never, father.
Presently Wecanicut began to drop further away, and then the Sea Monster loomed up suddenly right over us, and Jerry had to fend the boat off with an oar. We had never guessed how big the thing really was, not big at all for an island, but very large for a bare, off-shore rock.
"Why, I thought you were to be the bear," said Polly, in surprise. "I am, and Mr. Tisbett's black horses, and " "You can't be two horses, Joe," said Polly. "Dear me. Ben must be one of them." "Well, I'm going to be Bill, anyway," said Joel, in alarm. "Ben can be Jerry. And I'm going to be Mr. Tisbett and make 'em go." "You can't be Mr. Tisbett if you're Bill," said Polly, in distress.
"It is such a nice name. Do your friends call you Jerry?" "The boys at school called me Roldie, and sometimes Hammie. But my mother always called me Jerry. She isn't living now, either. You call me Jerry, will you?" "Yes, I will, but it won't be proper. But that never makes any difference to me, except when it might shock the members! You want me to call you Jerry, don't you?" "Yes, I do.
By slow degrees the weight broke away the earth upon it, and came to the surface. Young Jerry very well knew what it would be; but, when he saw it, and saw his honoured parent about to wrench it open, he was so frightened, being new to the sight, that he made off again, and never stopped until he had run a mile or more.
But when I told him the canary was dead he up and said that mebbe 'twas better so, seem' the old bird couldn't see no more. Now, who would ha' told him Jerry was blind?" There were a few other things about the returned Cap'n Abe that might have amazed his neighbors. He seemed to possess an almost uncanny knowledge of what had happened during the summer.
In spite of his wretchedness, Alick was, however, fully determined to go bird-hunting on the morrow in Brattlesby Woods with Jerry Blunt. Equally determined was the boy also that he would never beg his tutor's pardon if he could possibly help it, that was.
Ben Yool had seen the accident from a distance, and now came hurrying up to us. He was inclined to scold Jerry for the fright he had given him. I believe truly that the old man loved us as much as if we had been his own sons, and would have been miserable had any accident happened to either of us.
Perhaps had the oars been handy, the boat might not have remained so safely. The boys were glad to relieve their shoulders of the pair they had taken turns in carrying, and without pausing to rest, they stepped into the boat, Phil finding some difficulty in making the Scout boat's oars fit the Big Four's oarlocks. But at last they were off and Jerry bent to his task.
"I I don't suppose I really meant that," he muttered. "What? Throwing me over the wall or being polite?" He looked rather bewildered, I think, at the inanity of her conversation. Jerry wasn't much given to small talk. "I'm sorry you don't think I'm polite. I I'm not used to talking to women. They're too fussy about trifles. What does it matter "
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