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It was pretty to see Rose try to do the hardest part of any little job herself still prettier to see Phebe circumvent her and untie the hard knots, fold the stiff papers, or lift the heavy trays with her own strong hands, and prettiest of all to hear her say in a motherly tone, as she put Rose into an easy chair: "Now, my deary, sit and rest, for you will have to see company all day, and I can't let you get tired out so early."
It seemed such a pity that this man was not alive when the hands knocked off work on the Tower of Babel; he could have put the job through without extending himself. No matter what the nationality of a guest might be and the guests were of many nationalities he could talk with that guest in his own language or in any other language the guest might fancy.
An' his manner bein' so friendly, I told him as how I was breakin' my heart for a job. 'Would 'ee like to catch a Spy a real German one? says he. 'Get along with 'ee, pullin' my leg! says I. 'I ben't pullin' your leg, says he.
And partly because he had forgotten his Greek. He came back to the Bowery briskly, alone, with the manhood of a loaf of bread in him. He was going to get that job as porter. He planned his campaign as a politician plans to become a statesman. He slipped the sign, "Porter wanted in A.M.," from its nail and hid it beneath his coat.
"We have no gun on board, mon bon monsieur," replied the Captain, who had long ago explained to his prisoner that there was no ill-feeling. "It is the fortune of war," he had explained before the white cliffs of St. Valerie had faded from sight. "I am a poor man who cannot afford to refuse a good offer. It is a Government job, as you no doubt know without my telling you.
He would eat at free lunches, five cents a meal, and never a cent more so he might keep alive for two months and more, and in that time he would surely find a job. He would have to bid farewell to his summer cleanliness, of course, for he would come out of the first night's lodging with his clothes alive with vermin.
His dignity was somewhat impaired by sudden abrupt snaps at flies, which caused her to wink, stare, and be silent in astonishment. "Waal, Job Grinnell," exclaimed Augusta, as her husband came back and took the perforated gourd from her hand for she had been skimming the sorghum in his absence "ye air the longest-tongued man, ter be so short-legged, I ever see!" He looked a trifle discomfited.
They were a set of cowards anyway, and the captain the biggest fool of them all. I hope he will make good use of my money." Jack laid down supperless that night under the green blanket of a Peruvian forest, and he went on toward De la Pama the next morning breakfastless, thinking: "There is one thing certain, I will not take Plum's job from him.
You see, it is a terribly hard thing to be compelled to discuss such a matter with one so closely bound up with with Monsieur de Courtois." "But there is no one else. Marcelle and I live here quite alone." More than ever did Curtis feel uncomfortable, but he had deliberately elected for this miserable job, and he meant to go through with it.
He gave his mind to his task, though he found it very hard work, at first, even learning the letters. The next night it was easier, and he was soon able, when waiting for a job, to employ himself by spelling out the names over the shop doors and the words on the advertising papers.
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