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He tried to make a joke of it, poor fellow, by adding a sketch he sketched quite nicely of his swelled cheek swathed in a handkerchief. But Mrs. Rittenhouse Smith was in no humor for joking; she was furious! When a woman misses fire in this way, it usually is possible to fill her place with a convenient young sister, or even with an elderly aunt.
"Welcome" smiled down from the enormous wreath, and shone on the features of each Maybright as the Doctor opened the door of the carriage, and helped a tall, slender girl, and a little boy in a black velvet suit, to get out. "Our travelers are very hungry, Polly," he said, "and and very tired. Yes, I see you have prepared things nicely for them.
"Spare me the roll-call, Grange," interrupted the painter; "and tell me where I am to be, and when, and I'll be there." "Very good, Sir," said the keeper, musing. "I'll put you at the Squire's oak the one as you drawed so nicely that'll be at the Decoy down yonder, and close to home.
"Come in out of the rain. Why, you're soaked through." "Oh please sir, can I stay here all night? They told me this was a place for people to stop. I'm so hungry and tired." And indeed she looked it, poor thing. Her dress, though of good material and nicely made, was soiled with mud and rain.
Bella spread the cloth and arranged the cups and plates and mugs. As a rule, she put them down in any haphazard fashion, but to-day she did try to arrange the things nicely. Miss Hender was busily taking out cake and cutting bread and butter.
"If anything can be better than your eggnog, my dear," replied the Governor, courteously, "it is the Major's apple toddy." The Major bowed, and Betty gave a merry little nod. "If you hadn't put it so nicely, I should never have forgiven you," she laughed; "but he always puts it nicely, Major, doesn't he?
She rose with the sun, devoted sundry attentions to her husband and child, and personally superintended the arrangements for breakfast, taking an affectionate pleasure in preparing very nicely her husband's frugal food with her own hands.
"If it is as you say, I might use it instead of a fish-hook," he said to the woman, and felt greatly pleased with the possession of the goose. He had not gone far before he met another old woman. When she saw the splendid golden goose, she must go and stroke it. She made herself so friendly and spoke so nicely to Hans, and asked him to let her stroke that lovely golden goose of his.
A little group of girls, nicely dressed in white aprons, stood talking together. "Have you nothing else to do but talk?" said Mr. Pappleworth. "Only wait for you," said one handsome girl, laughing. "Well, get on, get on," he said. "Come on, my lad. You'll know your road down here again." And Paul ran upstairs after his chief. He was given some checking and invoicing to do.
But then, who of us can turn out nicely under such circumstances? Look at me, I ask you; a mere mud-heap. And so I have been since the battle commenced. And you?" "And we," laughed Henri, "we are in a similar sort of position. But what would you?" he declared, shrugging his shoulders in truly French fashion. "For listen, mon ami!
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