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I put in my word that you was a-doin' well in the mills; an' I axed him what proof he had that the mill folks sold dead bodies. I 'lowed that you found the people at Cottonville mighty kind, and the work good. He came right back at me sayin' that Lura had talked the same way, and that many another had.
John Merrick may be a millionaire, but ef he keeps this thing up long he'll be a pauper. Thet's my prophe-sigh." "Yer off yer base, Si," said McNutt "Joe Wegg tol' me once thet the nabob's earnin's on his money were more'n he could spend ef he lays awake nights a-doin' it. Joe says it keeps pilin' up on him, till sometimes it drives him nigh desp'rit.
"I thought I'd just run in a minute to see you as I was goin' by." "Sit down, Squire Green. Take the rocking-chair." "Thank you, neighbor. How's the cow a-doin'?" "Middling well. She don't give as much milk as the one I lost." "She'll do better bymeby. She's a good bargain to you, neighbor." "I don't know," said Hiram Walton, dubiously. "She ought to be a good cow for the price you asked."
The last remark had reference to the enormous black paw which he held out. Nigel at once grasped it and shook it heartily. "I's bery fond ob a talk, sar," continued the negro, "so as you wants one, heabe ahead." Thus encouraged, our hero began by remarking that he seemed to be preparing for a trip. "Dat's zackly what I's a-doin', sar." "A long one?" "Well, dat depends on what you call short.
The Infanty looked real pleasant here she almost laughed, she looked so amiable at me; she realized well that she wuz a-meetin' one of the first wimmen of the nation, and that woman wuz a-doin' well by her. "But, as I say, Ulaley, I knew that it wuz too hard for you.
Not much ill could come to pass for which she was not prepared. He tried to break the news. His mother interrupted him. 'What's he been a-doin'? You've no need to go round about. I like straightforwardness. Richard told her. It did not seem to affect her strongly; she turned to the table and resumed her work. But she could no longer guide the iron.
They kicked up a shindy with some bar-loungers, an' the fur flew. When the police came, old Peg-leg, the skipper, you know, was the only man left in the place, havin' unshipped his crutch for the fight. 'What have you bin a-doin' of here throwin' grapes about? asked the peeler, gazin' at the floor, suspicious-like. 'Grapes, said Dot-an'-carry-one, 'them ain't grapes.
For many a year 'twornt used, bein' so rough an' ready, but now there's such a crowd o' motors tearin, over Countisbury 'Ill, the carts takes it, keepin' more to theirselves like, an' savin' smashin'. Miss Tranter she knew what she was a-doin' of when she got a licence an' opened 'er bizniss.
Then Captain Sarrasin strode forward and seized the stranger by the shoulder with one hand, and by his right arm with another. 'What are you a-doin' of? the stranger asked angrily. 'Well, I want to know who you are in the first place.
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