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'Bedad, they're afther spendin' hours at it, an' were in the thick of it when I come away. If ye were to see the j'ints that was in it, ye wouldn't believe your own eyes; an' chickens an' turkeys, he says, 'was nothin' at all to them, and they was swalleyin' down pigeons an' partridges an' them sorts o' little birds, the same as if they wasn't worth counting.
So, such bein' the case, Cousin Marion 'n' a new bonnet comes to one 'n' the same thing, 'n' I can't say 's bonnet-buyin' 's a way o' spendin' money 's is over-agreeable to me. However, 'f it is to be it is to be, 'n' I sha'n't cry over nothin'. I 'll buy the bonnet, 'n' I guess 'f she talks to me about her money I c'n come out right quick 'n' sharp 'n' talk about mine.
"Did Cal have much money with him?" he asked, finally. "Not so awful much, near's the boys can tell. Mebbe a few hundred, fer spendin' money, like." "Had he had any furse with ary feller down in there lately?" "Nope, not that any one knows of. He just done went off over the range, an' fanned out, seems like, without no special reason."
I dunno, though, but what I'd ha' liked to be a sojer; it's better than spendin' all yer life in a hop-garden, spuddin' and poling and hoeing." "You!" said Joey, "you a sojer, Smiler?" "Well, why not? Course, I know my back's a bit twisted, but it would ha' been right enough if I'd been drilled."
It isn't makin' money that matters ... any fool can do that ... it's spendin' money that matters. You're less likely to make a mess of the world when you're spendin', than when you're makin', money, an' the English'll find that out yet. God'll not forget in a hurry the way they tore up their good land an' made dirty, stinkin' towns out of it, an' by the Holy O, He'll make them suffer for it.
"Yes, that's it; but I wouldn't mind that so much if it wasn't for them shells you're makin' to kill men over in Europe. And you spendin' the money drinkin' champagne with chorus-girls, an' runnin' off with other men's wives!" "You " and Lacey uttered a foul oath, and leaped at Jimmie; but Jimmie had expected that, he was looking out for himself.
"Tillie!" commanded her father, "you come here!" The girl was very white as she obeyed him. But her eyes, as they met his, were not afraid. "It's easy seen why you're pale! I guess it ain't no pain in your side took from settin' up sewin' fur mom that's made you pale! Now see here," he sternly said, "what did you do somepin like this fur? Spendin' fifty cents without astin' me!"
"But would you object to a free public school?" asked Joyce with a patient air. "Oh, I don't know's I should object," tolerantly. "Rache, she's a great hand to read, and she takes in a magerzine, too, but I never could see the sense o' spendin' time and money that way.
"In that case," says he, "suppose I send over for a pair of Arabs, the best blood to be found, and have them put into his stable as a surprise?" "Steele," says I, tappin' him encouragin' on the knee, "you've got the spendin' part down fine; but that alone don't fill the bill. As I take it, Pyramid meant for us to do more than just scatter around a lot of expensive gifts reckless like.
"An' what 'bug-house," he inquired, with biting sarcasm, "is your bright friends spendin' their vacation at?" Toby flushed to the roots of his unkempt hair. The sudden death of his triumph was almost tragic. His face fell, and his heavy jaw dropped in pathetic astonishment.
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