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The poor people in big working-places like Heddington ain't much better than heathens, leastways as to most things that matter. They haven't got a sensible religion, not one that gets down into what they do. The parson doesn't reach them he talks about church and the sacraments, and they don't get at what good it's going to do them. And the chapel preachers ain't much better.
The man smiled: "Nay, I doubt it's not finished yet." "Are there hands enough to the place?" "That's more than I can say; yes, I doubt there's hands enough. And the field work's done; leastways, the manure's all carted out." The man clicks to his horses and goes on ploughing; I walked on beside him.
"No," returned the farmer, with a thoughtful shake of the head, "leastways, none as I can observe." "Now, you have," said I. "So they do tell me," he answered modestly. "And the natural inference is that you ought to have a flowered waistcoat to go with them." "Why, that's true, to be sure!" he nodded. "The price of this one is fifteen shillings," said I.
"They married in that time by standing up and letting someone read the ceremony to them. My master was a Christian. There wasn't no jumpin' over a broomstick on my master's place. The white folks didn't have no nigger preacher for their churches. But the colored folks had 'em. They preached out of these little old Blue Back Spellers leastways they was little blue back books anyhow. Freedom
"'S right, too," nodded Soapy, "no, I ain't exactly fond of him, Kid; leastways I don't run t' help him if he falls nor kiss th' place t' make it well no, Kid! But I kind o' feel that Bud's too good t' snuff it this way, or snuff it yet!" "Good?" said the lad bitterly, "good hell! He's ruined me, Soapy, he's done me in! He's come between me an' an' Hermy.
"And den I knowed as dey wa'n't debbils leastways not spiritual debbils as had my soul, dragging it down to you know where; but human debbils, as was takin' of me down in some deep wault to kill me. So I t'ought de best t'ing I could do was to sham dead. So I kep' my eyes shet and held my breaf, and shammed hard as I could. But somehow or 'noder I don't t'ink I 'ceived my lordship.
He pocketed the guineas with the quickness of a conjurer, and, like a base-born cockney as he was, fell instantly to casting dirt. "'Ave your own way of it, Mr. Ramornie leastways Mr. St. Eaves, or whatever your blessed name may be. Look 'ere" turning for sympathy to the stable-boys "this is a blessed business. Blessed 'ard, I calls it.
"You be no fool!" panted the Waggoner, mopping his face with the end of his neckerchief. "Leastways not wi' your fists." "Why, you are pretty good yourself, if it comes to that," returned Bellew, mopping in his turn. Thus they stood a while stanching their wounds, and gazing upon each other with a mutual, and growing respect.
That is them as wants them leastways one of them them as wants him will go and take him, won't they?" "That they will," said Joseph emphatically. "But I must be off, lass; for I've the horses to get ready, forby the shortness of the time." "So you're going on horseback, eh, Joey? Will it take you long?"
Leastways you've held me at arm's length until I'm beginning to despair." "Despair?" Again the ghost smiled forth. "Do you fancy I'm so dull that I don't realise what I'm doing, what you've done?" For the second time the involuntary colour appeared; but the role that the man was playing, the role of the injured, was too effective to abandon at once.
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