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"Come, Sam'l, fix yourself up," she ordered, "and let us go over to see that girl." "But I'm not goin'," the captain protested. "I'm not anxious to see her an' John spoonin'. I want to stay right here at home, an' have a quiet smoke all to meself. You an' Flo go along. I'll look after the dishes." "Indeed you won't stay, Sam'l. You're going, too. You haven't seen Mrs.
"That's so I ortenter least-wise, not whilst there's any crockery in the house," said Bud sadly. "There's another thing about this hoss," went on the Bishop "he's always spoony on mules. He ain't happy if he can't hang over the front gate spoonin' with every stray mule that comes along.
"Now then, Jinny, look alive, an' don't ack like a dyin' duck in a thunderstorm, or you'll never get back to do YOUR bit o' spoonin'! Save them bones, Polly. Never waste an atom, my chuck remember that, when you've got an 'ouse of your own! No, girls, I always says, through their stomachs, that's the shortcut to their 'earts. The rest's on'y fal-de-lal-ing."
They generally like to get off somewhere by themselves to do their spoonin'. They'll be wanderin' up along that trail between here an' the water some time this afternoon, an' that'll be our chance." But this time Dan was mistaken. The young lovers did not come up the trail, neither did they see them again during the remainder of the day, although they stayed there until the sun had gone down.
The man at the prow remained rigid as a statue, and Coleman resumed his whispered invocation. 'Bend to it, you devils! One! two! three! Morton, don't go to sleep, you swine! Ryan! Tadvers, you herrin'-gutted, boss-eyed son of a barber's ape, are you rowin' or spoonin' up hot soup? Pull, men! Huh! That's a clinker! Huh! Shift her! Huh! May the fiend singe you for a drowsy pack o' sea-cows! Pull!
Buck McKee, who had been drinking freely, staggered to his feet and hiccoughed: "Here, now, this, yere don't go this spoonin' business there ain't goin' to be no mush and milk served out before the weddin' " "Will you shut up?" admonished Slim Hoover. "No, siree," cried the belligerent McKee. "There ain't no man here can shut me up.
Beamish looked from them to Mahony with a knowing smile, and whispered behind her hand: "I do wish those two 'ud 'urry up an' make up their minds, that I do! I'd like to see my Tilda settled. No offence meant to young Smith. 'E's the best o' good company. But sometimes ... well, I cud jus' knock their 'eads together when they sit so close, an' say: come, give over yer spoonin' an' get to business!
Anyway, she wasn't fannin' herself, or sniffin' smellin' salts. I'd noticed her hail a deck steward, and the next I knew she was spoonin' away at half a grapefruit, as calm as you please. Mr. Ellins is indulgin' in a dry smoke. Only Mrs. Mumford, when she finally appears, does justice to the situation. She rolls her eyes, breathes hard, and clutches her crochet bag desperate.
"That's right," she said, affably; "don't mind me! Just go right on spoonin' even when I'm around. I don't mind. And I don't wonder you took to her, Cousin William. She's a peach, for fair, ain't she?" "She certainly is," said Farnsworth, forcing a polite smile, but conscious of a strong desire to choke his new-found relative.
Most likely they intended to land somewhere up the creek, an' do some private spoonin'. We could have crept down, knocked out the guy, an' carried off the gal. But now bah! ye've spoiled the whole show!" Curly made no reply, but lay there watching the canoe until it had reached Sconda's landing.
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