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'Well, if I come, it won't mean that I'm keepin' company with you. 'Na, it won't mean anythin' you don't like. 'Arright! she said. 'You'll come? he could hardly believe her. 'Yus! she answered, smiling all over her face. 'You're a good sort, Liza! I say, 'Arry, Liza's comin'! he shouted. 'Liza? 'Oorray! shouted Harry. ''S'at right, Liza? called Sally.
But Susan only knew him as a man, twenty-five now, a wonderful and fascinating person to watch, even, in happy moments, to dream about. "You know I met him, Thorny," she said now, eager and smiling. "'S'at so?" Miss Thornton said, politely uninterested. "Yes, old Baxter introduced me, on a car. But, Thorny, he can't be coming right down here into this rotten place!" protested Susan.
Returning, refreshed and cheered, to the office, she would lay a warm, damp hand over Miss Thornton's, and give her the news. "Miss Polk and Miss French are just going it up there, Thorny, mad as hops!" or "Miss O'Brien is going to be in Mr. Joe Hunter's office after this." "'S'at so?" Miss Thornton would interestedly return, wrinkling her nose under the glasses she used while she was working.
"Think there's a doctor on this little old steamer?" demanded Bean. The man from Hartford laid down his weapon and began to lave his face. "I believe," he spluttered, "that medical attendance is provided for those still in mortal error." "'S'at so?" demanded Bean, sullenly.
"'As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he!" "'S'at so?" said Bean insolently to the closed door. He roused himself and descended precariously from his shelf. Once upon his feet he was convinced that the ship was foundering. He hurriedly dressed and adjusted a life-belt from one of a number he saw behind a rack. Over the belt he put on a serviceable rain-coat. It seemed to be the coat to wear.
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