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When I feels dem five hundred dollars in my pocket I des swells up lak I gwine ter bust. I'se dat proud o' myse'f an' my ole marster dat gimme a start. Lordee, sah, hit's des gwine ter be fun fer me ter git long an' I mak' my fortune right here. Ye see ef I don't " Lee smiled indulgently. "Watch out you don't lose the little one I gave you." "Yassah, I got hit all sewed up in my close."
Lordee, Lordee," he gazed at them admiringly, "you sho' is genoowine corn-fed, sterlin' silver, all-woolan'-a-yard-wide, pure-leaf, Green-River Lollapaloosas. Does yo' folks know 'bout yer? Lordee! What I axin' sech a fool question fer? 'Course dey don't. Come on, I gwine to take y' all off 'n dese cars right here at dis Woodstock, an' we kin ketch de 'commodation back home."
Lordee! wot fur dey 'low dem bushes ter grow 'long de fence to keep folks from seein' wot's gwine on!" There was nothing now to be seen from the railing, and Peggy jumped down on the porch. Her activity seemed to pervade her being. She ran down the front steps, crossed the lawn, and mounted the stile. Here she could catch sight of the two men who seemed to be disputing.
As Jimmy's father was taking the crestfallen chaingang to the blacksmith shop to have their fetters removed, they had to pass by the livery stable; and Sam Lamb, bent double with intoxicating mirth at their predicament, yelled: "Lordee! Lordee! Y' all sho' is de outlandishest kids 'twixt de Bad Place an' de moon."
He wuz a reckless, drinkin', high-tempered, rough feller; but, Lordee! how brave, when it come to fightin'! He wuzn't feared o' old Nick hisse'f or eny uv his imps." "What was his wife's name?" "Blest ef I kin re-collect, stranger. It's twenty-odd year ago, an' you see, I " "Was it Mary?" "No, I don't think thet wuz it." "Was it Sarah?" "Yes, thet's it. Sarah Sarah Jane, thet's it.
And so speaking, I picked up my fan and made my way through the hall to the halfway of the wide steps. At that point a commotion occurred. "Lordee! It's the old lady come to ha'nt!" exclaimed my good Bonbon and with a groan he fled into the darkness in the back regions of the house. And it happened that his loud cry brought a response which came to me before I was quite in readiness for it.
Green returned from his errand leading an old negro who held one of Brown's iron pikes. The lieutenant thrust the trembling figure before the Colonel. Lee studied him, and suppressed the smile that began to play about his lips. "Well, uncle, this looks bad for you," he said finally. "Lordee, Master, don't you blame me!" the old negro protested.
Has any one been to see you yet? I understand that you are very busy, and have already missed two other good cases, this one being the THIRD! Well, don't hurry, Captain. You may get the rest to come if you live long enough. Good-bye!" Shirley looked at Cronin, startled. Another mention of the mystic number. He called for information about the origin of the call. "Lordee, son!
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