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You couldn't blame him much, either; for, while I ain't any judge of the sort of music she was teasin' out of the strings, I'll say this much: The way she was doin' it was well worth watchin'. The swing of that elbow of hers, and the Isadora Duncan sway of her shoulders as she hits the high notes sure did have some class to it.
His first composition was on cruelty to animals, written because he had tried to make the other boys stop "teasin' tarrypins" that is, catching turtles and putting hot coals on their backs just to make them move along lively. He had to work hard at home; for his father would not, and things needed to be attended to if "the place" was to be kept from dropping to pieces. He became a great reader.
I was teasin' him to go to the river and fish and camp out over night. He said it was too hot, and besides we needed another man, and Willie Wallace was gone, and he couldn't get Bud Entrekin to go until he'd hauled some corn. By and by he got the scythe sharp and went away to cut weeds.
An' no wonder, Miss Kathleen was that good to her; comforted her whin bad news came from the wars, let her sit and sew wid her, and give her money to sind to France." "Was Julie on good terms with the other servants?" "Yis, sor. She and Henry had words now and thin; when Henry got teasin', she didn't always take ut in good part." "Have you any idea where Julie went on leaving the Whitneys?"
Others 'd see you dressed like a princess, and not be satisfied. They vary so, the teasin' creatures! But one and all, whether they likes it or not, owns a woman's the better for bein' dressed in the fashion. What do grieve me to my insidest heart, it is your bonnet.
Then it seemed to Herbert that a miracle befell. Florence looked up, smiling modestly. "Oh, it wasn't anything, Uncle Joseph," she said. "I was Just trying to tease Herbert any way I could think of." "Oh, was that all?" A hopeful light faded out of Uncle Joseph's large and inexpressive face. "I thought perhaps you'd detected him in some indiscretion." Florence laughed, "I was just teasin' him.
"Thank you, Old Zeb; I'll be careful to draw my curtains," said she, answering sarcasm with scorn, and turning on her heel. The old man stooped to lift the sailor again. "Better clog your pretty ears wi' wax," he called after her, "when the kiss-i'-the-ring begins! Well-a-fine! What a teasin' armful is woman, afore the first-born comes! Hey, Sim Udy? Speak up, you that have fifteen to feed."
'Louie, couldn't yo be nice to me soomtimes couldn't yo just take an interest, like, yo know as if yo cared a bit couldn't yo? Other gells do. I'm a brute to yo, I know, often, but yo keep aggin an teasin, an theer's niver a bit o' peace. Look here, Loo, yo give up, an I'st give up.
If I couldn't, I'd tie myself to the anchor and jump overboard. "The way she answered showed pretty plain that she didn't believe him. 'Really? she says. 'Do you think so? Good night, Jonadab. "I could hear her walkin' off acrost the piazza. He went after her. 'Hettie, he says, 'you answer me one thing. Are you engaged to Tobe Loveland? "She laughed again, sort of teasin' and slow.
Atwell. "And I'll give him such a goin' ova, for his teasin', as he ain't had in one while. He just said it to tease. What you goin' to say to Mrs. Milray?" "Oh, tell her I'm not a bit well, Mrs. Atwell! My head does ache, truly." "Why, listen," said Mrs. Atwell, recklessly.
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