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"Have they stopped the mills?" "Aye there's not a man'll touch a thing you'd think they'd gone clean out of their minds. There'll be accidents all over the place if somebody can't quiet 'em." Suddenly the buzzing groups behind the foreman parted, and a young broad-shouldered workman, grimed from head to foot, his blue eyes rolling in his black face, came staggering through.
Wonder whar the ole man'll drive stakes next." "I meant as to your father and George, Wise." "Oh, the old man and I'll go on to 'Miles's, whar Tom packed the old woman and babies last week. George'll turn up somewhar atween this and Altascar's ef he ain't thar now." I ask how the Altascars have suffered. "Well, I reckon he ain't lost much in stock.
Clara says she'll go to a magistrate an' let it all out, if nobody else will. She hates the Peckovers, Clara does. 'It won't come to that, said Sidney. 'I can see the old man'll take her away as soon as possible. He may have a little money; he's just come back from Australia. I like the look of him myself.
"I'm a thinkin that every man'll have to hang on his own hook, in them ar quarters." "Rather hard on a fellow that pays extra on religion, and can't trade with it in the state where he wants it most, an't it, now?" said the young man, who had been making out a roll of bills while he was speaking. "There, count your money, old boy!" he added, as he handed the roll to the trader.
"And you're Finnegan's girl, and he'll make trouble for me." "He's got a nasty streak in him," said Susan, drowsily. "He put me on the Island once for a little side trip I made." She laughed, yawned. "But he sent and got me out in two days and gave me a present of a hundred. It's funny how a man'll make a fool of himself about a woman. Put out the light."
He rose and led the way into the library, where he opened his desk, produced a ledger, and wrote down the amount in a fine hand. "Susan Brady, three dollars and thirty-five cents. I'll put it in the savings bank to-day. That makes twenty-two dollars and forty cents for Sue. She's growing rich." "Some man'll get it," said Sally. "Sally," said Mr. Bentley, turning in his chair, "Mr.
I must be off at daylight to-morrow, home again, or the old man'll know the reason why." By this time they had reached the homestead, and Poss went off with the children to the stables. Here he secured the "knockabout" horse, always kept saddled and bridled about the station for generally-useful work, and set off at a swinging canter up the paddock after his own steed.
People may get so they'll carry a light dinner iv a pint iv rye down to their wurruk, an' a man'll tell ye he niver takes more thin a bottle iv beer f'r breakfast. Th' cook'll give way to th' bartinder and th' doctor 'll ordher people f'r to ate on'y at meals.
"The old man'll be wantin' yer on deck, an' this ayn't no d'y to fall foul of 'im." Johnson turned obediently to the door, at the same time, over the cook's shoulder, favouring me with an amazingly solemn and portentous wink as though to emphasize his interrupted remark and the need for me to be soft-spoken with the captain.
"Of course, I know the whole thing would look insane to most people," he said sturdily, "but I've been in business long enough to see sharp gentlemen come to grief in spite of their funny work. I don't believe a man'll come to any more harm by believing people mean well by him than he would by working on the other tack." "Good boy!" said Red, slapping him on the back.
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