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But as this girl had been eating bread and sugar, she got the poor China Cat stickier than ever. "Lemme hold her now, Jeff!" pleaded another black tot. "Nope, I ain't held her long 'nuff!" declared the first. "Heah! Gib her to me!" ordered the second. "No! No! Jeff said I could hab her!" cried the first.
Grow real fast and you'll be a big boy soon." "You don't ever lemme have any fun," he pouted. "I gotta go to bed an' sleep an' sleep an' sleep." She had no time to stay and comfort him. He pulled away sulkily from her good-night kiss and refused to be placated. As she moved away into the darkness, it gave Joyce a tug of the heart to see his small figure on the porch.
The test of my theology on him proved a failure. The story of the prodigal son was a great joke to him. He said of it: "Say, bub, if you ever strike an old gazabo as soft as dat one, lemme know, will ye?" Prayer to him was "talking through one's hat." In a few weeks he straightened up and began to give me very fine assistance in the bunk-house.
Hunt-that-is I've forgotten what her name was before Sandy married her why, I thought she'd split, laughing. She admired you a whole pile, lemme tell you; I could see that." Not unwelcome to the ears of Una was this praise, but she was properly deprecatory: "Why, she probably thought I was just a stuffy, stupid, ugly old thing, as old as " "As old as Eddie Schwirtz, heh? Go on, insult me!
Lemme see," the twinkle deepening, "didn't the gals say yew was a 'spectin' somebody ter-day? Law, I ain't saw Cap'n Sam'l fer ten year or more. I guess on these here poppin' trips o' his'n he hain't wastin' time on no men-folks. But, Blossy, yew better give me a chance ter talk to him this arternoon, an' mebbe I'll speak a good word fer yer."
"Lemme stay," Jakey pleaded, not budging an inch. Fran lifted her face above the tousled head to look at Abbott; she sucked in her cheeks and made a triumphant oval of her mouth. Then she seemed to forget the young man's presence. "But when mother died, real trouble began. It was always hard work, while she lived, but hard work isn't trouble, la, no, trouble's just an empty heart!
Mr. Cheerman!" exclaimed the old man, tremulously, "lemme examinate that thar wild-cat skelp. Thanky, sir; thanky, sir; I wanter see ef hain't off'n the head o' some old tame tomcat.
"Peter," said she, in a terrifying voice, "I axes you not to lemme see you cryin' like dat! When I sees Miss Maria's chile cryin', jes' 'cause a ole nigger woman gives 'im a book, I wants to go out an' bust dis town wide open wid a ax!" When he had time to examine his Collection of Poetic Gems, Peter was overjoyed.
Jim Wilson allus 'lowed thar must be gold in these here mountains, 'cause they're so dad burned rough. Lemme hep you, Mister. I'd like mighty well t' git some clothes like them." "I do not speak of gold, my boy," the stranger answered kindly. "But I must not keep you longer, or darkness will overtake us. Do you think this Mr. Lane would entertain me?"
"Ardita!" "What?" Will you listen to me or will I have to get a servant to hold you while I talk to you?" The lemon descended very slowly and scornfully. "Put it in writing." "Will you have the decency to close that abominable book and discard that damn lemon for two minutes?" "Oh, can't you lemme alone for a second?" "Ardita, I have just received a telephone message from the shore "
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