United States or Turks and Caicos Islands ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
I ha'n't seen anything equal to it since the Worrld's Fairr." She spoke with a strong contortion of the Western r, and her sister hastened to put in: "I don't think it's to be compared with the Worrld's Fairr. But these German girls, here, just think it's great. It just does me good to laff at 'em, about it.
Then the Old Man would laff one of his sollum, sad-like laffs, 'nd put his arms round Lizzie's neck 'nd whisper or pertend to whisper somethin' in her ear, 'nd Lizzie would laff 'nd say, "Oh, what a nice secret we have atween us!" and then she would kiss the Old Man 'nd go back to her work. Time changes all things, all things but memory, nothin' can change that.
'It's the blamedest funniest thing I ever heard of, he says, just like that, laffin' again fit to choke. "'I don't see anythin' to laff at, I says. 'How you goin' to live? "'How's he goin' to die? says Bernal, 'without a cent to do it on? "'That's the funny part of it, says Hoover. 'Linford thought of it first. How can I die now? It wouldn't be square, he says 'me without a cent!
"You guess you ken laff at me," he cried, seizing her with both hands and holding her in spite of her struggles. "Wal, you ken laff after you kissed me. You ken laff, oh, yes! when I tell the folks you kissed me. Seems to me the laff'll mostly be with me." He drew her toward him while she struggled violently.
"'Maybe Brer B'ar might jine in wid us, sez Brer Tarrypin, sezee. "Brer Rabbit he des holler en laff. "'Shoo! sezee, 'Brer B'ar foot too big en he tail too long fer ter slide down dat rock, sezee. "Dis kinder put Brer B'ar on he mettle, en he up'n 'spon', he did: "'Maybe dey is, en maybe dey ain't, yit I ain't a-feared ter try.
All through our supper, which was laid in the largest of the first floor rooms, did Juno stand by, repeating the refrain "Oh dat nigger, dat Clump, why he no come? And here's Massa er waitten and er waitten; but Clump, ole mon, he get berry slow berry, berry slow. Now Massa Bob, vy you laff at ole Juno so? hi! hi!"
"Den dey all laff en holler, kaze it look like Brer B'ar mo' stronger dan a steer. Bimeby, Miss Meadows, she up'n ax, she did, how he gwine do it. "'Gimme a good strong rope, sez Brer Tarrypin, sezee, 'en lemme git in er puddle er water, en den let Brer B'ar see ef he kin pull me out, sezee. "Den dey all laff 'gin, en Brer B'ar, he ups en sez, sezee: 'We ain't got no rope, sezee.
It spurred my wits. I had no speech to 'mak' laff' with. At the very instant of my dilemma I chanced to see a soberly-clad old townsman hustled between two helpless women of the crowd, his pipe in his mouth, and his hat, wig, and handkerchief sliding over his face, showing his bald crown, and he not daring to cry out, for fear his pipe should be trodden under foot. 'He can, your Highness.
Stebbins used to tell how when the Dock wuz a baby he used to wake her up haff a dozen times uv a night cryin' like he wuz hungry, 'nd when she turnt over in bed to him he w'u'd laff 'nd coo like he wuz sayin', "No, thank ye I wuz only foolin'!"
Word Of The Day