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They began supper: neither spoke: Anthony sat slowly stirring his tea, and staring moodily into the flames: the bacon on his plate lay untouched. From time to time his mother, laying down her knife and fork, looked across at him in unconcealed asperity, pursing her wide, ungainly mouth. At last, abruptly setting down her cup, she broke out: 'I wonder ye hav'na mare pride, Tony.
"He doesn't like much of anything. He's seventeen years old." After that, the two stared moodily at the ground for a little while, chastened by the severe presence above; then Jane brightened. "I know!" she exclaimed, cozily. "Let's play callers. Right here by this bush 'll be my house. You come to call on me, an' we'll talk about our chuldren. You be Mrs. Smith an' I'm Mrs. Jones."
He had sat by his open window on sultry summer evenings, smoking his solitary cigar, and thinking moodily of all the pleasant resting-places from which other men were looking out at that golden western sky, deepening into crimson and melting into purples which even the London smoke could not obscure.
For the rest they were up now, forming into groups, talking excitedly, dissolving again, and re-forming. Only two remained quiet Hardy and the President; the latter still in his chair, staring out moodily, with the Englishman whispering into his ear. Then Hardy too stood back and stared about him. One or two men came up, but he waved them aside.
"Belle, look at them fellows," exclaimed Sawdy moodily, "pockets loaded. I never had more than twenty dollars at one time in my life. My mother told me to take care of the pennies and the dollars would take care of themselves. The blamed dollars wouldn't do it. I took care of the pennies. I've got 'em yet that's all I have got. Jim, I'll match you for that gold piece."
To support this one-sided justice Tryon threatened the Regulators with fire and sword, and they remained quietly at home, brooding moodily over their failure but hesitating to act. We must now go on to the year 1770. The old troubles had continued, illegal fees and taxes, peculation and robbery. The sheriffs and tax-collectors were known to have embezzled over fifty thousand pounds.
"I don't like coffee without cream," objected Growler, chewing moodily at his cracker. "Well, we'll get to Girard by to-night, and then possibly we will get a good supper." While they were lunching I had observed another traveler slowly approaching through the underbrush. Over one shoulder was slung a leather strap in which were a few books.
I only meant for you to take care what you do. That woman looks as the Prodigal Son might have done when he began to be in want, and would fain have fed himself with the husks that the swine did eat." Knowles got up moodily. "Whose work is it, then?" he muttered, following the men down the street; for they walked on. "The world has waited six thousand years for help.
But, were it all paid, interest and principal, the wrong would not be redressed. You cannot restore the bride who would have been mine but for your villainy." How much time will you give me to pay this money?" asked the merchant, moodily. "Ten days." "It is a short time." "It must suffice. Do you agree?" "I must." "Bind yourself to that, and for ten days I leave you free."
"Neither am I. Jake, we have a strong fight to make to-day. Somehow, Rhinds has managed to put a pretty lively engine in that boat of his. I had an idea she'd be two or three miles an hour slower." "Probably we haven't been shown anything like the 'Zelda's' best speed, yet," replied Farnum, moodily.
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