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They stood with their right hands resting with rigid fingers low down on their hips, and their eyes, fixed on each other, forgot the rest of the world. Morgan burst in between them. "Look here," he thundered, "it's only by way of a favour that I'm lettin' you boys wear shootin' irons today because I promised old Cumberland there wouldn't be no fuss.
Sez Elder Wessel, "That is a strong metafor, Sister Arvilly. I had never looked at it in that light before." "I presume so," sez she. "The very reason why there are so many cryin' abuses to-day is because good men spend their strength in writin' eloquent sermons aginst sin, and lettin' it alone, instead of grapplin' with it at the ballot box.
But it's the place where the Seven Oceans of the World meet. Ay, indeed, ma'am but don't be lettin' on to her. I was spakin' to a man who had a brother went through it, and he said the ragin' and tearin' of them all flowin' together 'ud terrify the sinses out of King Solomon.
"It was me mother's bed, so it was she looked very well when she was laid out on it," she added thoughtfully. "Very well, indeed, she looked! I always thought that Dan an' meself 'ud be waked in that bed, too. Well, well, the Lord knows best, doesn't he, yer reverence? But I'd think very bad of lettin' that bed out o' this to go anywhere on'y to yer reverence's house."
I'se done tried not ter notice it, kase I'se dat solemn-like myself, yer knows, I couldn't 'ford ter take on no mo' ob dat kind; but every day or two he's been a lettin' slip somethin' 'bout niggas gaddin' roun', yer know." "That was mean," said Nimbus, "kase ef yer is allus laughin' an' hollerin' roun', I'm boun' ter say dar ain't no stiddier han' in de county at enny sort ob wuk." "Jes' so.
'Tain't all pleasure, neither. In a sight of trouble this minnit." "I want to know," said Scattergood. "Stand to lose my job," said John, sadly. "Dunno where I'll find me another." "What you been doin', eh? What got you in bad?" "One of them dummed gold shipments from the state bank. Hadn't ought to speak about it, 'cause the comp'ny's bein' awful secret. Hain't lettin' it out."
Pettis toiled out into the road; and Old Lady Lamson, laying her knitting on the table, bent forward, not to watch her out of sight, but to make sure whether she really would stop at the north pasture. "No, she's goin' by," she said aloud, with evident relief. "No, she ain't either. I'll be whipped if she ain't lettin' down the bars! 'Twould smell kind o' good, I declare!"
"Ha!" cries Glasgow; "that's a hit, sir, and one that didna' occur to my mind! Now, M'Nab, how say ye to this? Why the deevil didna' ye keep yer ground that time ye had it all yer ain way, and no be lettin' strangers win it clean frae ye?" "Ta' Gaelic was ta language o' Wallace and o' Bruce, and of Cyrus, who came before them," urged the Gael, hotly, "and who will say thae were easy to beat?"
The big animal saw what she was doing and turned toward Flossie. "Oh, you mustn't feed the elephant!" cried Mrs. Bobbsey. "It's against the rules." "I'm not feeding him, Mother," Flossie answered. "I'm just lettin' him smell it. It smells awful good!" And just then the apple slipped from Flossie's hand and rolled or bounced straight into the elephant's cage, between the iron bars.
"Dad, we often talk about natur; what is it?" "Tut," sais he, "don't ask me; every fool knows what natur is." "Exactly," sais I; "that's the reason I came to you." He just up with a book, and came plaguy near lettin' me have it right agin my head smash. "Don't do that," sais I, "Daddy; I was only joking; but what is it?"
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