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Burton, shuddering to realize that Toddie had not before been taught of the nature of the Holy Trinity. "An' played around like uvver little boysh?" continued Toddie. "I I suppose so," said Mrs. Burton, fearing lest in trying to instill reverence into her nephews, she herself might prove irreverent. "Did somebody say 'Don't' at Him every time he did anyfing?" continued Toddie. "N n n o!
We rode quietly back to the house, and while I was asking Maggie to try to coax Toddie into taking a nap, I heard the patient remark to his brother: "Budgie, down to the village I was a whay-al. I didn't froe up Djonah, but I froed up a whole floor full of uvver fings."
"Little boysh never can do anyfing nysh wivout bein' made to don't," said Toddie. "Dzust see what an awful big splinter I got in my hand when I was froin' wood on the fire! I didn't cry a bit about it then, 'cause I fought I was makin' uvver folks happy, like the Lord wants little boysh to. But they didn't get happy, so now I am goin' to cry 'bout the splinter!"
"Orrible things to you 'orrible things.... Kick yer ugly.... Cut yer liver out... spread it all about, I will.... Outing doos. See? I don't care a dead rat one way or the uvver." And with a curious twisting gesture of the arm Uncle Jim receded until his face was a still, dim thing that watched, and the black shadows of the hedge seemed to have swallowed up his body altogether.
Arrived at the breakfast-table, they eyed with withering contempt an irreproachable cutlet, some crisp-brown potatoes of wafer-like thinness, and a heap of rolls almost as light as snowflakes. "We don't want done of this kind of breakfast," said Budge. "Of course we don't," said Toddie, "when we's so awful full of uvver fings.
"Why, Dick, he's why, he's why, you see, he's my friend. I don't know his uvver names, but Mr. Fielding, he's Dick's favver." "Oh!" said the Bishop with comprehension. "Dick Fielding. Then Dick is my friend, too. And people that are friends to the same people should be friends to each other that's geometry, Eleanor, though it's possibly not life." "Huh?" Eleanor stared, puzzled.
"'Twasn't my fault about dancing," she said. "Bad boy! What made you come so late?" He maintained his silence and the accompanying icy dignity, whereupon she made a charming little pout. "Oo be so tross," she said, "Lola talk to nice Man uvver side of her!" With that she turned her back upon him and prattled merrily to the gentleman of sixteen upon her right. Still and cold sat William.
The young man raised his head and eyed his companion gloomily. 'Gustavo, have you a sister? 'A sister? Gustavo's manner was uncomprehending but patient. 'Si, signore, I have eight sister. 'Eight! Merciful saints. How do you manage to be so cheerful? 'Tree is married, signore, one uvver is betrofed, one is in a convent, one is dead, and two is babies.
I only got a sister." "What's her name?" "Lou," he answered. "That's her real name. But she got a fancy name yistiddy. She was took on at the opera yistiddy, to sing with a hunderd uvver girls on the styge. She's Lulu Luckingham now." "Oh Luckingham!" said Stafford, with a smile, for this was a name of his own family, and of much account in circles he frequented. "And who gave her that name?
He couldn't give me half of it, you see, for it wouldn't be good for anyfing if it was busted." "No?" The stranger felt that the child's logic was better than his moral tone. "I'm going to be good now, all ve time," the boy went on, looking up with an angelic smile. "When my mamma says 'No, Mac, I shall say 'All right, and when my papa smites me, I shall turn ve uvver also. Vat's ve way."
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