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Little Fay ardently desired to be an angel, but Meg wouldn't have it at any price. "You're not in the least like an angel, you know," she said severely. "What for?" "Because angels are perfectly good." "I could pletend to be puffectly good." "Let's play Johnny Baptist," suggested the ever-helpful Tony, "and we could pittend to bring in his head on a charger." "Certainly not," Meg said hastily.
You could count the days and learn pieces to surprise him with when he got back, and keep saying, "Won't it be splendid!" But this time well, this time it scared you to have Dadsy come home. And if you learned a hundred pieces you knew you'd never say 'em to him now. And you kept saying, "Won't it be puffectly dreadful!" "Won't you have the lamps lit, Master Morris?"
It was later in the same day when the second excitement struck the little House of Flaggs. Evangeline raced again across the separating green grass to Miss Theodosia. This time she went at reduced speed because she had Elly Precious over her shoulder. Miss Theodosia saw them coming and smiled. "More news! I know it is puffectly elegant by Evangeline's face. Well, Evangeline?" "Mercy gracious!
Claxon interposed, "that she thinks a good deal of her money; and I d' know but what she'd think she was doin' Clem most too much of a favor anyway. If it can't be a puffectly even thing, all round, I d' know as I should want it to be at all." "You're quite right, Mrs. Claxon, quite right. But I believe Mrs. Lander may be safely left to look out for her own interests.
"La, man, I's puffectly willin' to he'p you, you know dat." "Cose, cose," he answered hurriedly, "we col'red people has got to stan' together." "But what about de res' of dat money dat I been 'vestin' wid you?" "I'm goin' to pay intrus' on that," answered the promoter glibly. "All right, all right."
I remember puffectly well hearin' my dear father say, 'If you want to catch a man's heart, set a trap in his stomach. Bingo! Bingo!" I fed your dear uncle, and I talked to him, until he died." She paused, and looked at the paper on the wall. "I hope the Lord will send you children; it will help you hold the boy and perhaps you'll be more efficient! You'll have to be, or they'll die. Get a cook."
He and the doctor who knows ears. I thought you were so pleased and that you were " "Oh, yes'm, oh, I am! It was just I was thinkin' how lovely Elly Precious's laugh sounds an' Carruthers not ever hearin' it. So far, I mean." Evangeline caught her courage again in both hands. "But he'll laugh 'nough more times when he can hear I mean when Carruthers can. Won't it be puffectly elegant!"
"Eradicate Sampson is sho' 'nough puffectly all right," broke in the voice of the old colored man, eager to make himself heard and seen. "Here I is, Massa Tom. What dat lizard doin' here? Ain't he a sight?" The old man had caught sight of Koku in the wonderful new suit Mr. Bartholomew had ordered made for the giant.
"Being puffectly easy in our minds, we all went back to the convention hall 'bout half past two. The Forks of Elkhorn William Jinnings Bryan and Silver Cornet Band was there and give a concert, playin 'Dixie' foah times and 'Old Kentucky Home' five. And Senator Joe Blackburn spoke three or foah times. I never before heard Republicans called out of their name like he done it.
"I should have them reset," says the former speaker. "Like mine, you know; light and airy. Deah me, I usedn't to care for diamonds, and now I'm puffectly infatooated with them, don't you know! My!" she screams, catching sight of a church clock, and, relapsing into her everyday speech: "Half-past four!
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