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"An' we'll be there too you an' me an' Tom settin' in the seat o' honor, right up front!... It'll be the greatest funeral service this town's ever seen, Luke." Maw's face was crimson with emotion. "An' Uncle Clem an' Aunt Mollie " "Oh them!" Maw came back to earth and smiled tolerantly. "They was real sharp to be in it too.
"No, seh, I observe he not 'mongs' de comp'ny, 'caze yo' maw's Jane, she call my notice to dat." "I wonder how my mother likes Jane. Do you know?" Johanna showed a pretty embarrassment. "Jane say yo' maw like her. She say yo' maw like her 'caze she always done tole yo' maw ev'thing what happm when yo' maw not at home. Seh?
And wasn't your father's name Philip and your mother's name Katherine Dwyer O'Day?" "To the best of my recollection that's partly so, too, suh. They both of 'em up and died when I was a baby, long before I could remember anything a-tall. But they always told me my paw's name was Phil, or Philip. Only my maw's name wasn't Kath Kath wasn't whut you jest now called it, Judge. It was plain Kate."
He don't tuck his maw's Bible in his breast-pocket, clap his dear auntie's locket big as a cheese plate over his heart, nor let his sole leather cigyar case that his gyrl gave him lie round him in spots when he goes out to take another gentleman's fire. He leaves that to Yanks!" "Did you come here to insult my husband?" said Mrs. Bunker in the rage of desperation. "To insult yo' husband!
A half laugh twitched the corners of her mouth. "Are you sure?" she said. "Perfectly," returned the consul, a little impatiently; "but do I understand that you really know nothing more of the progress of the claim?" Miss Kirkby, still abstracted by some humorous astonishment, said quickly: "Wait a minute. I'll just run up and see if maw's coming down. She'd admire to see you."
"You know my maw?" asked Eddie, and there was a wistful note in his voice. "Aw shucks! you don't know her that's jest some o' your funny, slicker business. You wanna git me in there an' then you'll try an' git aroun' me some sort o' way to let you escape; but I'm too slick for that." "On the level Eddie, I know your maw," persisted Billy. "I ben in your maw's house jest a few weeks ago.
Billy Louise stood up and gave him one look which Seabeck did not appreciate, because he did not see it. "I'd ruther give a mortgage," Marthy said uneasily, sitting up suddenly and looking from one to the other. "I don't want Billy Louise to git tangled up in my troubles. She's got plenty of her own. Her maw's just died, Mr. Seabeck.
Sometimes on clear, soft nights, when the moon came out all splendid and the "peepers" sang so plaintively in the Hollow, the boy's heart would fill and grow enormous in his chest with the intolerable sadness he felt. Then Maw's mood lifted pierced by a ray of heavenly sunlight for Nat came home! Luke saw him first heard him, rather; for Nat came up the lane oh, miraculous! driving a motor car.
Maw's smile had faded for a moment. But the presents were fine a new knife for Tom, a book for Luke, and twenty whole round dollars for Maw, enough to pay that old grocery bill down at Beckonridge's and Paw's new invoice of patent medicine. They all stood on the porch and watched him as far they could see; and Maw's black mood didn't return for a whole week.
On next Monday morning at six o'clock you've got to be hung by the neck until you're dead, and may God have mercy on your soul. 'Well, all I can say, says Bill, 'that's a fine way to begin the week, ain't it now?" The time she wrote her name upon the geyser will always remain the great event in Maw's life.
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