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He began t' peck at Jack's elbow, an' he ses: 'Say, where 's th' road t' th' river? An' Jack, he never paid no attention, an' th' feller kept on a-peckin' at his elbow an' sayin': 'Say, where 's th' road t' th' river? Jack was a-lookin' ahead all th' time tryin' t' see th' Johnnies comin' through th' woods, an' he never paid no attention t' this big fat feller fer a long time, but at last he turned 'round an' he ses: 'Ah, go t' hell an' find th' road t' th' river! An' jest then a shot slapped him bang on th' side th' head.
He began t' peck at Jack's elbow, an' he ses: 'Say, where 's th' road t' th' river? An' Jack, he never paid no attention, an' th' feller kept on a-peckin' at his elbow an' sayin': 'Say, where 's th' road t' th' river? Jack was a-lookin' ahead all th' time tryin' t' see th' Johnnies comin' through th' woods, an' he never paid no attention t' this big fat feller fer a long time, but at last he turned 'round an' he ses: 'Ah, go t' hell an' find th' road t' th' river! An' jest then a shot slapped him bang on th' side th' head.
I was riled that mornin' about another thing somethin' what happened the day before, about Bill," she explained. "Bill's bad enough when he's in liquor, and I'd have sent him off for good long ago if they had let him alone. But they're always a-peckin' and a-diggin' at him. They set him on drinkin' and fightin', and not one of 'em is man enough to stand up to him."
What she doin' a-peckin' up en ole nigger like I is?"
They were free! A great hand pulled him gently back from the loop-hole. "By your leave, sir. They've a marksman on the knoll keeps on a-peckin at us." The boy's heart sank. "Then we aren't free?" "Oh, no, sir. All round us, sir a cord on em, Muster Joy calls it, soldier-fashion." From above the Parson's cheery voice rang out. "So she's left you in the lurch, my lord.
"Fo' goodness sake kill dis big feller dat's a-peckin' mah nose off!" yelled Rastus, struggling on the ground in the midst of a mass of broken eggs.
Scraggs a-peckin' at him every time he goes home, an' the Maggie's a worry, not to mention the fact that there ain't much more'n a decent livin' for him in the green-pea trade. An' he ain't gittin' any younger, Bart. You got to bear that in mind." "Yes, an' he's been disapp'inted in his ambitions," McGuffey agreed.
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