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Stowley was the place where the all-important brooch had been pawned by a nautical man, and here was the man in question. "I should have thought you'd lived near the sea," he said cautiously, "say Southampton." "Oh, I used t'go there for my ship," said the captain, draining his glass, "but I don't go there no more." "Retired, eh?"
I'll jes'go n git my new clothes and put fer the steamboat. Want ye t'go 'n see Hope tomorrow. She's comm up with Mis Fuller next week. I'm goin' t' find out what's the matter uv her then. Somethin's wrong somewhere. Dunno what 'tis. She's all upsot. Poor girl! it had been almost as heavy a trial to her as to me' cutting me off as she had done.
Purr, thrusting the paper into Sylvia's hand; "tho' 'ow he writes, not 'avin' bin to a board school, I dunno. He's in a ken at Lambith, and ill at that. Want's me t'go an' see 'im. But I can't leave the ironin'." "Yuss y' can," said Deborah, suddenly; "this erringd is ness'ary, Mrs. Purr ma'am, so jes' put on your bunnet, an' go to Mr.
Then bym bye Barker he wanted him t'go security fer fifteen hunderd bilers thet he was hevin' made. I to! David he hedn't better go in no deeper but Barker, he promised big things an' seemed if be sech a nice man 'at fin'ly David he up 'n done it. Wall he's hed 'em t' pay fer an' the fact is it costs s'much if sell 'em it eats up all the profits. 'Looks like a swindle, I said indignantly.
"Tom left here ... last night ... t'go home," he nodded emphatically. "Well, he never got home," snapped Julie. "And you'd best get your clothes on and help me find him. You were both as drunk as pigs, I suppose. If he's lying dead in a ditch it's you that'll have the blame." "Aw now, Julie!" "Don't Julie me, you fool! Get dressed and do something." "I'll come.
There isn't anything I can do for you now, but later when I come back to New York if you care to look me up I will try to do something for baby." Lizzie stood erect in the middle of the little room, her face slowly changing to a stony stare, her eyes fairly blazing with anger. "De'yer mean ter tell me yer a goin' t'go on an' marry my husban' jes' ez ef nothin' had happened?
Howsomevah he made up his min' t'go, an' 'bout nightfall he fin' his way to de ole house by de swamp. It mighty lonely deh and Lijah, he tremmle a bit. He strike a match an' look 'roun'. On de table dey wuz a lamp, an' Lijah, he light de lamp an' feel a heap bettah. Den he set deh a long time, an' all he heah wuz de hootin' of de owls and de crickets a-chirpin' in de grass. Lijah, he drowse a bit.
'I've got t'go an' ten' to some business o' my own. I'll be back here sometime if day Mis Fuller an' I'll hev if see thet girl. Ye musn't never try if keep me 'way from her. She's sot on my knee too many year fer that altogether too many. We arranged to meet there at four. Then a servant brought us our hats. I heard Hope calling as we passed the stairway: 'Won't you come up a minute, Uncle Eb?
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