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Personally she detested Cargrim, but she respected his cloth, and was glad to see him wield the thunders of his clerical position. 'That is right, Mr Cargrim! she cried with flashing eyes. 'Tell him he ought to be ashamed of drinking and singing with mother so ill upstairs. 'I don't mean t'do any 'arm, said Mosk, rising sheepishly, for the shock of Cargrim's appearance sobered him a good deal.
"Good land!" exclaimed Washington, his eyes opening wide. "Before Noah built de ark?" "Yes." "Landy gracious! Dat animai'd be so old by dis time dat he couldn't chew de weeds after he pulled'em. Guess I'll hab t'do mah own weedin'." "I reckon you will," added Mark. They went back to the machine shop, and for the next week were very busy over the Annihilator.
"Well, I'm here; what ye going t'do with me?" "I'll use you some way; can't tell. First thing is to find a boarding place where we can work in a couple o' books on the bill." "Well, I don't know about that, but I'm going to look up a place a brakeman gave me a pointer on." "All right; here goes!" Scarcely any one was stirring on the streets. The wind was pitilessly cold, though not strong.
Miss Trimble's right eye flashed about the room like a searchlight, but she kept the other hypnotically on her companion's face. "Whass trouble?" The right eye rested for a moment on a magnificent Corot over the mantelpiece, and she snifted again. "Not s'prised y'have trouble. All rich people 've trouble. Noth' t'do with their time 'cept get 'nto trouble."
And, if you don't git killed, old Dunk'll fix yuh like he fixed the Gordon boys I know him to a fare-you-well. It'd tickle him to death to git something on us fellers. I betche that's what he's aiming t'do. Git us to fightin' his outfit so's't " "Oh, go off and lie down!" Andy implored him contemptuously.
"I sh'll work in the store fer the rest of the week, jest to 'commodate 'em," she announced putting her head back in the door as she went out, "but not a day longer. I got a lot t'do. Say, won't I be some lady in the five-an'-ten the rest o' the week? Oh Boy! I'll tell the world!"
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