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Lots of whalers shoot the calves a-purpose, makin' it easier to get the old whales, but I don't hold with that. I've never done it. Shootin' this one was just an accident, but as long as the little chap is dead anyhow, we might as well make use of him." Just as the old whaler had predicted, in less than five minutes the mother whale spouted, coming in the direction of the vessel.
At first I thought the natter-list one o' the cruellest beggars as iver went on two long legs, for he used to go about everywhere pokin' pins through all the beetles an' flies an' creepin' things he could sot eyes on, an' stuck them in a box. But he told me he comed here a-purpose to git as many o' them as he could; so says I, 'If that's it, I'll fill yer box in no time.
"Howdy, Dorothy," he called, then recognizing that this was a leave-taking he added, "Cal, ef ye're startin' home, I'll go long with ye, fer comp'ny." The moon was westering when the two men reached the turn of the road and there Rowlett paused and began speaking in a cautious undertone. "I didn't come along accidental, Cal. I done hit a-purpose.
"You did that a-purpose." "Did what?" "Kicked sawdust in my eyes. I saw you!" Mr. Linton's voice when he spoke held that same sinister note of restrained ferocity which had characterized it heretofore. "When I start kicking I won't kick sawdust into your eyes! I'll kick your eyes into that sawdust. That's what I'll do. I'll stomp 'em out like a pair of grapes." "You try it!
"And do they reckon a craft'll drift right in here if there is a storm an' wrack herself to please 'em?" piped up Washy Gallup no relation to Betty save through interminable cross-currents of Card and Baker blood. "Sometimes them fillum fellers buy a boat an' wreck it a-purpose. Look what they did to the old Morning Star," Milt said.
When he putt his great side agin' it, for the purpose of scratchin', he got a shock from my electrical contrivance that caused his tail to stand upon end, and the hairs at its point to quiver. Wid a grunt he stood back an' gave the post a look o' surprise, as much as to say, Did ye do that a-purpose, ye spalpeen?
"Then, thinks I, 'No, that won't pay me for my buildin' and my bus'ness hurt and all that. So I waited for Baxter to git well, meanin' to make him pay or go to the jug. But he stayed sick a-purpose, I b'lieve, the mean, white-headed, psalm-singin' " Captain Eri moved uneasily and broke in, "You got your insurance money, didn't you?" "Yes, I did, but whose fault is that?
But she wanted ter turn 'im back long ernuff fer ter 'splain ter 'im dat she hadn' went off a-purpose, en lef' 'im ter be chop' down en sawed up. She didn' want Sandy ter die wid no hard feelin's to'ds her.
The grasp of Dan suddenly relaxed when Matt and his Englishmen were straining their utmost. Of course they went back on the top of each other in a wild jumble, while Dan, having put a foot well back, was prepared, and stood comparatively firm. "You did that a-purpose," cried Matt, springing up and glaring. "I know you did it a-purpose," retorted Dan.
With great effort she wrote her note while Nance stood sullenly by, looking over her shoulder. "You spelled teacher's name with a little letter," Nance muttered. "I done it a-purpose," said Mrs. Snawdor vindictively, "I ain't goin' to spell her with a capital; she ain't worth it."
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