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"That's what I keep a-thinkin'," the poor mother said, clinging pathetically to that which gave her consolation and cheer. "I say to myself that it must have been some brain disease took her all of a sudden and made her crazy that-a-way; because God knows she had nothing to fret her nor drive her to such." By this time the meal was on the table, and the girls trooped in from the porch.
"I was jest a-thinkin'. As near as I can tell you, Mis' Babcock, Edward's father he let him have some money, and Edward he speculated with it on something contrary to his advice, an' lost it, an' that made the trouble." "Was that all?" asked Mrs. Babcock, with a disappointed air. "Yes, I s'pose it was." "I want to know!" Mrs. Babcock leaned back with a sigh.
Work aboard ship and business ashore crowded every hour; and so our stay on the river drew to an end. Before that time, however, Blodgett hesitantly sought me out one night. "Mr. Lathrop," he said with a bit of constraint, "I and Davie and Neddie and cook was a-thinkin' we'd like to do something for poor Bill Hayden's little girl.
"Oh, Peter!" exclaimed the old man, shaking his head, "I wonders at ye; arter me a-thinkin' an' a-thinkin', an' a-plannin' an' a-plannin' all these months arter me a-sendin' Black Jarge about 'is business " "Ancient, what do you mean?" "Why, didn't I out an' tell un as you was sweet on Prue " "Did you tell him that?" I cried.
And I will see to it that you will each have one." "Yes, sir," said Beany thickly. "I keep a-thinkin' about the college education." "That's right," said the Colonel heartily. "That's right! Just think what a fine thing to earn. The chance to have four years, in fact, to have six years good hard study in a good school and college. Think of the fellows that would jump at a chance like that!"
"Drunk with morning's dewy wine." All these we passed, and at length drew up before Mrs. Peters's house. "Why how do yew do, Mister Greene? I declare I ha'n't done a-thinkin' of that 'ere story you told us the day you was here, 'long o' Melindy." Well, yis, we hev got turkeys, young 'uns; but my stars!
"No wonder he took the rebs' works, if he went for 'em like that," chuckled Mr. Growther, as he composed himself after the excitement of the unexpected visit. "Now I know what made him look so long as if something was a-gnawin' at his heart; so I'm a-thinkin' there'll be two hearts mended." Haldane reached the city in which Mrs.
"Well, but, cap'n," said the speaker, still hesitating, "if so be that's the case, why don't she strike her colors to her rightful owner? Why don't you take command in open daylight, with the drums a-beating, and the flags a-flying? What must you board her like a pirate in this way fur? I've been a-thinkin' on it, and I think it's dangerous steering along this coast.
What wuz she a-thinkin' on as she done up that fore-top or braided that back hair? Did any hand ever lay on that soft, shinin' hair in caresses? I presoom more than like as not there had. Her mother's, anyway, and mebby a lover's, sence the fashion of love is older than the pyramids enough sight old as Adam, and before that Love wuz. For Love thought out the World.
In a few moments there came a muffled report through the timbers. "There's to be a fight, sure enough," said the mate, "though what the captain can be a-thinkin' of beats me altogether." "I would do the same," I said, "and so would any Englishman worth his salt." "Then you'd be as big a fool as he is," was the blunt retort. It was a tantalizing position to be in.
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