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Ah, I thought so thar goes a lad horseback, hell-bent-fer-'lection down the trail, huntin' after more roughs, I reckon. Well, ther more ther merrier, as ther ol' cat said when she counted her kittens. Darned ef they ain't got a reg'lar skirmish line thrown out 'long ther gulch yonder. Yer bet they mean business for shore, Stutter, ol' boy."
But you, sir," continued the Pedler, beginning to eat with great appetite, "you, being a reg'lar 'eavy-toddler now, one o' the gilded nobs and all on account o' that there priceless wollum as I give away to you for five bob! you, being now a blue-blooded aris-to-crat, don't 'ave to walk, so you can go in for plovers or pheasants or partridges, dressed up in hartichokes, p'r'aps, yes frogs'-legs is your constant fodder now, p'r'aps not to mention rag-outs and sich.
When I was your age But" sadly "it stands to reason yer ma, having so many, and the servant gone, and the cows comin' in so fast these days one after t'other, that they can't learn you much of anything reg'lar." Winifred acquiesced politely.
I've no doubt that if it were not for this little piece of land we should have been drowned. Still, the sooner we get away the better. How have the others been getting on, Tom?" "Sleepin' ez reg'lar an' steady ez clocks. It's wuth while to see fellers snoozin' away so happy." Henry smiled.
It got to be a reg'lar joke with the neighbors to ask Old Man Bob how many children he had, and he'd give a big laugh and say, 'Ten, neighbor, and all of 'em gals but nine. "Well, of course Annie was bound to be spoiled, especially as her mother died when she was jest four years old. How Ann 'Liza ever stood Old Man Bob and them nine boys as long as she did was a mystery to everybody.
"Why, go and tell his colonel, sir, all about his borrowing of old Simpson, the tailor, and throwing the credit about that there cheque on to you. For it was a reg'lar swindle, sir; you didn't get none of that money, as I know. Ah, you should have seen how small he was then! Why, he was quite humble to me, and said it was all a mistake, and, as soon as he could, he'd get me for his servant.
Him and Miss Prentice are havin' dinner all by themselves, and they sure make a swell-lookin' pair. Warrie he looks classy in anything, but in evenin' clothes he's a reg'lar young grand duke; while Miss Prentice well, she's one of these soft, pouty-lipped, droopy-eyed charmers, the kind you see bein' crushed against some manly shirt bosom on the magazine covers.
"There! I never!" said Mrs. Miles. "You be a reg'lar out-and-out lion-tamer, miss." "I'm getting more and more hungry every minute," said Betty. "Will will tea be ready soon, Mrs. Miles?" "I was coming out to fetch you in, my loves." The whole party then migrated to the kitchen, which was ornamented especially for the occasion.
Trotter was, "you've ben gettin' another lickin', I know." "O, yes," replied young Mr. Trotter; "that's one uv the reg'lar exercises lickin' me. 'Arter I've licked Trotter, sez the master, 'I'll hear the 'rithmetic class. But, mother, to change the subject, as the criminal said, when he found the judge was getting personal, is there enny arrand I can do for you?"
I nearly laughed a rib loose watchin' them baby ducks waddle around solemn, every one with that cut-up look in his eye. Say, they're born comedians, ducks are. I'll bet if you could translate that quack-quack patter of theirs you'd get lines that would be a reg'lar scream on the big time circuit.
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