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"That dog wouldn't hurt nobody, 'ceptin' he was attacked, or if a person tried to git in my house," said Farmer Sandborn. "He's a very nice fellow, he is, and likes boys and gals fust-rate; don't ye, Tige?" And the dog wagged his tail harder than ever, as if he understood every word. "I I was so scared," said Nan. "May I ask what you be a-doin' on the road all alone and in this snowstorm?"
He's got a silver medal from the Royal Life-Boat Institution, an' another from the Queen of Spain, and a gold 'un from some other king or queen, I don't 'xactly know who besides no end o' thanks, written on paper, also on wot they calls wellum, in beautiful German text and small-hand; ho! you know, nobody knows wot that feller's been a-doin' of all his life.
Guess they be singin' a different tune, now, sinst he's been goin' round askin' for work." This is news to me, and I sit up, sharing Watty's astonishment. "Be he a-doin' thet, Hiram?" "That's what he's been a-doin'." "Funny I missed hearin' about it." "He only started this mornin'. He went to Sothern and Lee's and Leonard and Call's and Godfrey's 'nd then I guess he must 'ev quit discouraged.
Gael, I can't ferget him, even for hatin'. That brand on my shoulder, it's all healed, but my heart's so hurted, it's so hurted. An' when I come to thinkin' of how kind an' comfortin' you are an' what you've been a-doin' fer me, why, then, at the same time, I can't help but thinkin' that you killed my Pierre. You killed him.
All turned and beheld Foxey Jack Quinn standing near at hand, a leer on his wide mouth and in his pale eyes, and his nunney-bag on his shoulder. He looked as if he had slept in his clothes which was, undoubtedly, the case. He glared straight at the skipper with a dancing flame of devilment in his eyes. "What ye bin all a-doin' now for to make extry work for yerselves?" he asked.
For a few moments Sam was paralysed. Then he recovered himself, and stepping back he raised the screw-driver, as if it had been a short Roman sword. "You hit me," said the shadowy figure, "and I'll let you have this hedgestake right on the head." "Who are you? What are you doing here?" said Sam, in a subdued voice. "And who are you, and what are you a-doin' of here?" was the retort.
Nobody had seen anything of him within a month of his disappearance, but several of them had "hearn say." "They tell me," vouchsafed a lanky boy dawdling with his axe at a chip pile, "that the word goes in Cottonville now, that he's took money and lit out for Canada. Town folks is always a-doin' such." "Like as not, bud," Pros assented gravely.
At least, so the boy thought who stood in the darkness at the foot of the great column. Suddenly it occurred to Barney that this was a strange place for Nick to be at this hour of the night. His indignation gave way for a moment to some natural curiosity. "What air ye a-doin' of up thar on the Old Man's Chimney?" he asked. "I kem up hyar this mornin' early, ter watch the wagon a-takin' ye off.
'And I s'pose as it's all right and satisfactory to you and me as is the only parties interested, ve may as vell put this bit o' paper into the fire. 'Wot are you a-doin' on, you lunatic? said Sam, snatching the paper away, as his parent, in all innocence, stirred the fire preparatory to suiting the action to the word. 'You're a nice eggzekiter, you are. 'Vy not? inquired Mr.
Undoubtedly this was what she was expecting in HIM! "Well," she said, turning from the fire she had kindled, "while I'm settin' the table, tell me what's a-doin' in Sacramento! I reckon you've got heaps of lady friends thar, I'm told there's lots of fashions just from the States." "I'm afraid I don't know enough of them to interest you," he said dryly. "Go on and talk," she replied.
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