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He was industrious and reliable; and he had his reward when young Joe jaunted across London for fish at Billingsgate or greens at Covent Garden and took the lad with him. The great day of the boy's life came when the Joes took him to Epsom for the Derby week.
But aince they're too old to be seeking joes, they a' set up to be apotecaries. Why? What do I ken? They'll be just the way God made them, I suppose. But I think a man would be a gomeral that didnae give his attention to the same." And here, the luckie coming back, he turned from me as if with impatience to renew their former conversation.
Arch. Blair, C. C. Female Contributions, in aid of the War, probably in 1780. Mrs. Sarah Gary, of Scotchtown, a watch-chain, cost £7 sterling. Mrs. Ambler, five gold rings. Mrs. Rebecca Ambler, three gold rings. Mrs. Nicholas, a diamond drop. Mrs. Griffin, of Dover, ten half joes. Mrs. Gilmer, five guineas. Mrs.
"And what I like warst o' a'," continued poor Cuddie, "is thae ranting red-coats coming amang the lasses, and taking awa our joes. I had a sair heart o' my ain when I passed the Mains down at Tillietudlem this morning about parritch-time, and saw the reek comin' out at my ain lum-head, and kend there was some ither body than my auld mither sitting by the ingle-side.
There was a roaring sound in his ears and everything went black. His knees sagging, he sank slowly to the floor. He dreamed a dream that was half nightmare and half ecstasy before he regained complete consciousness. First he was in a room without doors battling alone against an endless line of alternate Louies and Joes who vanished when he struck them.
Denied the normal ebb and flow of trade and commerce and with the imports from England far exceeding the value of the merchandise exported thence, the United States, already impoverished, was drained of its money, and a currency of dollars, guineas, joes, and moidores grew scarcer day by day. There was no help in a government which consisted of States united only in name.
'Oh, for mercy's sake, to your prayers, dinna wrangle about your joes, bairns, cried Madame de Ste. Petronelle. 'The castle's no won yet! 'But is as good as won, said Eleanor. 'There are barely twelve fighting men in it, and sorry loons are the maist. How many are up yet, Jeanie? 'There's a fifth since the Duke yet to come up, answered Jean, 'eight altogether, counting the gallant Ringan.
Merrewether's friendship I trust you will do full credit to the loyalty of the Littlepages Ah! there's the flour, too; it ought to be worth two half joes the barrel, in times like these. I have thrown in a letter or two to some of the Schuylers, with whom I served when of your age.
"Ex-Mrs. Joe. On her way back to Maine, I guess. She was at the wedding. They both were, the ex-Mrs. Joes." "Two of them? And you survived?" "Yep," Joe said. "Marriage . . . " Isabelle said sadly. "The marriages weren't bad," Joe said, "just not enough. The kids are grown up, anyway, one of mine the one that just got married and one of Ingrid's, Maxie. He lives in Vermont." "What does he do?"
Sinsyne woods have been plantit, and have grawn up and are bonny trees, and the joes sit in their shadow; and sinsyne auld estates have changed hands, and there have been wars and rumours of wars on the face of the earth. And here I'm still like an auld droopit craw lookin' on and craikin'! But, Mr. Erchie, do ye no think that I have mind o' it a' still?
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