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"Yes, massa, we all put fings on, but we much sooner play cricket widdout." "Nonsense," shouted back the Model Man. "Cricket is a civilised game, and must be followed in a civilised way, or not at all. We will be on the ground at ten o'clock." The messenger rowed off, and a great discussion began as to the constitution of our team.
Then he began again with one hand over his heart and the other tearing at the thin covering of hair on his head, "'Ef you-all refuse me Ah shall end this wretched life no, no! Ah shall end this wretched EXISTENCE! What is life widdout love? Oh, beau-chus widder, will you-all be mine?" As Jeb spoke his last lines, he smirked to himself and said: "Thar now, Jeb!
Would you-all mind swingin' me, Jeb?" Jeb got up slowly from his stool and took hold of the upper end strands of the hammock. He pulled it back and forth a few times, while Sary smiled alluringly up at him. Then he cleared his throat and began to speak. "This world was made fur love. Oh, what woul' arth be widdout de flowers of love to parfume our way?" Jeb coughed.
The moment the Halsey scions heard mention of "dinner" they clung to their mother's skirts and whined: "We-all wanta stay to dinnerr! Don't cha go widdout dinnerr!" "Why not give the children some cake, mother, and then Mrs. Halsey can have a bite with Jamison. He can lift her on to the next ranch, too," suggested Mr. Brewster. Mrs.
"Look at thim boots, and me suit ginerally, and see if your conscience won't accuse ye of ingratitude to the man who made yer fortune or rather lets ye keep it, now ye have it. Isn't it a shame now for me, the best friend you've got in the world, to be tramping the streets widdout a penny in his pocket, and ye livin' in clover, with gold pieces as plenty as blackberries.
Ah jes' couldn't go to sleep widdout 'em, Marse Kenneth. Wuzzen't even a cricket er a " His master's hearty laugh caused him to cut his speech short. A wary glance out of the corner of his eye satisfied him that it was now time to change the subject. "Done fed de hosses, suh, an' mos' ready to packen up fo' de juhney, suh.
Now he couldn't remember what went just before that "soul of my soul!" but he knew the tragic part to perfection, so he skipped all that went before and ended with: "Ef you-all refuse me, Ah shall end this wretched existence in life widdout love! Oh, Sary, Ah don't know what Ah "
"I kin work widdout a shave," the man said, "ain't der nuttin' doin' to-day?" Assured that to-morrow was when he was wanted the tramp slowly and apparently reluctantly turned and slouched away toward the stores. "What do you make of him, Ned?" asked Alan as the two toys resumed work. "Too slangy, I think," commented Ned.
Both girls now smothered their laughter, for the idea of simple little Jeb in love with some one was too funny for words. He seemed terribly in earnest, however, as he stood up again and declared his love, and beat his breast and pretended to tear at his hair: "'Ef you-all refuse me Ah shall end mah wretched existence! What is life widdout love?
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