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The charm was lost, the spell broken, and the familiar spirit had grown to an exacting master from an obedient slave. "That's not the way as them speaks who's had the pith and marrow out of a chap's werry bones," growled Jim. "There wasn't no talkin of figure-footmen and drivin' of respectable tradesmen from folks' doors when a man was wanted, like this here.
It would probably have blown over the three ragged boys a second time, but they were getting used to such fire, and, besides, were engaged with strawberries. "There's another Short Blue," resumed Joe, when the squall was over, "which my missis an' me was talkin' about this very day, when our blessed babby fell slap out o' bed an' set up such a howl "
It don't sound like these Sunday School days when the world sits around, framed in a fancy-coloured halo, that couldn't stand for any wash-tub, talkin' brotherhood an' human sympathy. It's tough when you think of the bunch that sent those boys to fire our limits. They knew the full crime of it, and knew the thing it would mean if we got hands on 'em. Well, there it is. We got 'em.
She married Lord Southwater, and I'd have gone with her only I couldn't leave my Granny. She was failin', poor old soul!" She paused and again she heaved the deepest of sighs. "Beggin' your pardon, m'lady, for talkin' so much. You'd maybe take a look at the little place?" she said. Lady O'Gara turned aside. She was in no great hurry home and she was interested in Susan.
He'd been out of his head an' she was talkin' to th' nurse, thinkin' he didn't know nothin', an' she said, 'He'll die this time sure enough, an' best thing for him an' for everybody. An' she looked at him an' there he was with his big eyes open, starin' at her as sensible as she was herself.
She looked awful apprehensive towards them swimmers and board riders and then at her niece. But when she catched sight of Robert by her side a look of warm relief swep' over her anxious face, as if in her mind's eye she see Dorothy by his help walkin' through the future a prosperous and contented bacheldor maid. Tommy wuz kinder talkin' to himself or to his invisible playmate.
Shrig, consulting a ponderous watch, "to the best o' my judgment 'e ain't dead yet, no, not yet, I fancy, but two hours say three should do 'is business neat an' comfortable; yes in three hours 'e should be as nice a corpse as ever you might vish to see if the con-clusions as I've drawed is correct. An' talkin' o' murder, sir " "Ah!" I exclaimed. "Is it murder?" "Sir," answered Mr.
"Here you and me have been sleepin' ha'f the forenoon. We'd ought to be ashamed of ourselves. Let's git dressed quicker 'n chain lightnin'." "Dressed?" queried Perez, sitting up in bed. "I should think you was dressed now, boots and all. What are you talkin' 'bout?" The Captain glanced down at his clothes and seemed as much surprised as his friend.
I could tell you where she is, but I do not know that I want to. Certainly not until I know what your attitude toward her and this whole proposition is to be." He paused and looked calmly at the old contractor, who eyed him grimly in return. "What proposition are ye talkin' about?" asked Butler, interested by the peculiar developments of this argument.
One afternoon when Dick was cookin' up a stew Jabez came out an' sat on a cracker-box talkin' to him. He allus seemed to have a likin' for Dick, an' used to chat with him right consid'able. This afternoon he got to spreadin' himself about how much money the place handled every year an' how much the' was invested in it, an' what a great thing the cattle industry was to the entire country.
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