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Then he cut the slip out and hid it in his black leather wallet, and then wisely cut out the entire page and burned it. "Wimmin are sich curis creeters they'd be sure to want to know what I'd cut out o' that page," he said to himself, "an' never rest till I told 'em."
Seemed like it knowed there wuz a mother holdin' it, not its own mother, but a woman whose life hed been hallowed by God's blessin' with the love 'nd the purity 'nd the sanctity uv motherhood. Why, I wouldn't hev swapped that sight uv Bill an' them two babies 'nd that sweet woman for all the cattle in Texas! It jest made me know that what I'd allus thought uv wimmin was gospel truth.
When they reached the island Uncle Terry landed, and going to the top of a cliff, scanned the sea for signs of fish. "Mackerel's curus fish," he observed to Albert, who had followed. "They's a good deal like some wimmin: ye never know whar ter find 'em. Yesterday mornin' that cove jest inside o' the pint was 'live with 'em, an' to-day I can't see a sign o' one.
"There's hunger and grief and sufferin' willin'ly endured when there was a chance but there hain't no chance.... 'Tain't human to ask any more of our wimmin and children.... It's them I'm a-thinkin' of, Mr. Dulac... and on account of them I say this strike ought to quit. It's got to quit, and I demand a vote on it, Mr. Dulac."
When it comes to a show-down we'll all be here. But it's no place fer wimmin an' children." "I don't want to get into a fight if we can help it," said Ted. "Yer ain't afraid o' these cattle, aire ye?" asked the foreman, looking at Ted curiously, but with a shade of disappointment in his eyes. "Not for a minute," said Ted, throwing a straight glance into the other's eyes.
P'r'aps ye haven't paid him for the last lie. I go one better, you stand by me my treat that's the game!" "Aw, the like o' that," added Macavoy reproachfully. "Aw, yer tongue to the roof o' yer mouth, Mowley. Liars all men may be, but that's wid wimmin or landlords. But, Pierre, aff another man's bat like that aw, Mowley, fill your mouth wid the bowl o' yer pipe."
Later, when they were all gathered about the fire, both the "wimmin folks" with their sewing, and Uncle Terry enjoying one of the cigars Albert had brought him, the old man's face gleamed as genial as the firelight. It was a genuine treat to him to have this young man for company, and he showed it.
He detected himself, however, in the act of untying the laces, and sat upright with ludicrous suddenness. "Um!..." he said, in some confusion. "Mandy says I hain't never to do it when wimmin is around. Dunno why.... Now they's some p'ints I got to impress on you." "Yes, Mr.
Waste of time, I tell 'em, this makin' holes for the sake of sewin' 'em up. But law!" he added, as he saw the deepening scowl on Carrie's face, "wimmin may jest as well by putterin' about that as anything else, for their time ain't nothin' moren' an old settin' hen's."
"If they're wimmin, yuh can't even give a cuss without lookin' first to see if they're near enough to hear." Stratton made a mental resolution that if anything of that sort came up, he would do his best to duck the job of playing cicerone to Miss Stella Manning, attractive as she was.
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