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It was hard to resign the old masterfulness and self-will. "I'd like to see anybody open 'em 'thout my pe'mision," answered Jim imperiously. "When you's asleep, Chief, I'm awake; and I take care of you' things, same as ever I done. There ain't no wires been opened, and there ain't goin' to be whiles I'm runnin' the show for you." "Open and read them to me," commanded Ingolby.
"Make a move, you candy dude, or shout for help," continued the voice, shoving into the light the muzzle of a Colt's revolver, "and this for you's!" The slighting allusion I took to the credit of the pink and white pajamas I wore but nothing at that moment could have ruffled my feelings. I was bubbling over with happiness. I wanted to jump up and hug him in my arms. I listened.
Then she went to the next, and so on; and the child knew what had happened before she spoke. I remember her words: "'She's gone, honey! Her sperit's gone. It went out'n dis window, straight by whar you's standin', and into the cedar bush. De Lord hab mercy! "And poor little John took to his heels, and ran, and never stopped running till he was in his own bed upstairs.
"Ah! young massa, I tinks you hab de right sort ob spirit; you's born to be no land-lubber; but it my 'pinion you had better stay wid good, kind missus and de Sea-flower a while longer; you not find a better berth, I'm tinkin'."
But the English of the name is flower, and you can call me Mrs. Flower. You can surely remember that, Michael." Mike grinned widely. "Oh, yes indeed, ma'am," said he; "no trouble 'bout that, 'specially when I think what pie crust is made of, an' that you's a cook." "Oh, it isn't that kind of flower," said La Fleur, laughing; "but it doesn't matter a bit, it sounds the same.
'I'll half-knock your young head off your shoulders, cried his father, furiously, 'if you talk to me like that! Not one of you's fit to live in the same house with her. 'Father, I haven't done nothing, whimpered Annie, hurt by being thus included in his reprobation. 'No more you have not just now, but you're often enough more trouble to your sister than you need be.
You's got to look chipper, I tell ye!" "I say, all on ye," he said retreating a pace or two back, "look at me, look at me, look me right in the eye, straight, now!" said he, stamping his foot at every pause. As by a fascination, every eye was now directed to the glaring greenish-gray eye of Simon.
Removing one of the boards, she disclosed an opening. "Das a small hole, Geo'giana, but it's big enough to hold you, an' when you's inside you've on'y got to pull de board into its place, and fix it so." Setting down the candle, the woman stepped into the hole, and went through the performance that would devolve upon Hester in case of emergency.
Before leaving, the Chaplains had a rousing farewell meeting, and each delivered a brief but eloquent address, and amid hearty hand-shakings and fervent God bless you's, they took their way out of the camp. Only one officer escaped while we were at Savannah Captain Sampson, 2d Mass. H. A., and he was soon recaptured and brought back.
"Course dey don't; en so it stan' to reason dat you's mistaken, Mars Tom. Dey wouldn't put de tax on po' truck like san', dat everybody ain't 'bleeged to have, en leave it off'n de bes' thing dey is, which nobody can't git along widout." Tom Sawyer was stumped; he see Jim had got him where he couldn't budge.
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