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"It wa'n't!" retorted Simeon, flaming with righteous indignation "It wa'n't but harf a one!" "He t-t-told me," cried a young scion of the stammering Vickery race, all breathless with excitement, "that he was going to p-p-put it into his m-m-mouth and t-t-take it out of his n-n-nose, and he did and it t-t-t and it slip-p-ped!"
"No, sir, but I don't feel well enough to go home Father I I t-t-told I told an awful lie, one time, about you, and " "Why, son!" "Yes, sir. I've been tryin' for seven years to k own up, and " "Sev O Law, son, I don't believe you eveh done it at all. You neveh so much as told a fib in yo' life. You jest imagine you done it." "Yes, I have father, often.
Huh! an owl!" "Oh, I reckon we'll soon be able to settle that part of it, all right," said Max, soothingly, for he saw that his two friends were growing a little too earnest in their dispute. "T-t-told you s-s-so," chuckled Toby. "Now, first of all, Toby, answer me a few questions, please," began Max, steadily. "S-s-sure I will; just c-c-crack away," the other piped up, cheerfully enough.
"Shall I stay with you this evening, Marie?" "No. You've p-promised. And I'm not that sort; you t-t-told him so!" "Is that all that's the matter, Marie? Because everything's always the same?" "I'm so tired. And ragged, somehow." "Oh, Marie, I wish I could stay at home to-day and look after you. You'll lie down and rest, won't you?" "When I've finished all my charwoman's work."
"We-we'll see about th-that. I c-c-can't and I w-w-won't bind myself without He who c-c-can't, can't; don't you see?" "That's very true." "I'm all p-p-put ab-b-bout by what you've t-t-told me. This is the f-first t-t-time in my life I have b-been obliged to th-th-think " "Yes, you are not a lawyer."
J-J-Just t-t-told him, th-th-that's good, and settled." Some years afterward, when Brown was part owner and superintendent of the Black Hills stage-line, he was waylaid and killed by the Indians, while on a return trip from Custer City. Thus ended the career of one of the bravest and best of the men on the frontier.
"Well, I did just as you t-t-told me, Davy. I went up the lane till I c-came to the gully and saw the stone wall. I found a good b-bush about twenty-five yards from the wall, and got behind it and waited till I began to feel c-cold. I pulled Ben's frock on, and left the neck of it open so that I could get the stock of the gun in to my shoulder, and spread out your f-frock and knelt on it.
"Not much story," said Flexinna. "Aurelius t-t-told me that he wanted t-t-to see you again and that, as a formal visit from the Emperor as P-P-Pontifex Maximus at the Atrium was unusual and was likely to c-c-cause g-g-gossip, whereas you Vestals are c-c-continually at the Palace to ask favors for all sorts of people who p-p-pester you to use your influence with the Emperor, he thought it b-b-best to suggest that you apply for an audience t-t-to-morrow.
He t-t-told me he knew he c-c-could yank a m-m-mess of fine trout out of that c-c-creek, where it looked so s-s-shallow just back there. He's m-m-meaning to w-w-wade in, too, I reckon, and when you s-s-smell the fish c-c-cooking you'll be s-s-sorry you said what you did." "Well, let's get a move on, and start that shanty.
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