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"He's sho' coming in and when he don't get no pie, he's gwine tell Mistah Falk, and you and me's gwine have trouble." Putting his scowling face close to my ear, the cook whispered, "Ah's gwine scare him good." Amazed by the dramatic turn that events were taking, I drew back into a corner. From the rack above his head the cook took down the carving-knife.
The family were deeply impressed when they came in for dinner. The twins, Oliver and Malcolm, who were in college at the time, were spending part of their vacation in Hilton; and my sister Lucy was there too. There was quite a tableful. I can hear now the Oh's and Ah's as I sat nonchalantly nibbling a cracker. "Not too fast, Ruth, not too fast!" anxious Alec had cautioned. "For the love o' Mike!
Dar come Mist' Dave, right on de minute, an' you kin bet yo' las hunnud dollahs he got dat Bill Hammersley wif 'im! Come along, honey-chile! Ah's go' to pull you 'roun in de side yod fo' to meet 'em." The small wagon creaked away, the chant resuming as it went. Mr.
The Princess interrupted him: "What do you mean with your ah's?" He replied, "Ah! the Prince of Modena is under great obligations; I have made him happy." He had begun the same follies here, and was in the habit of entering the Princess's chamber at all times, and he even had the impudence to be jealous.
Ah don't reckon es how none o' dem men kin see back yere no more. Massa Kirby he wus aboard dat steamer, sah." "Kirby! Are you sure about that, Sam?" "'Course Ah's sure. Didn't Ah see him just as plain as Ah see you right now? He wus for-rad by de rail, near de pilot house, a watchin' dis whole shore like a hawk. Dat sure wus Massa Kirby all right, but dar wan't nobody else 'long wid him."
I felt this was no time to explain; that every moment lost was of value. "Never mind now; I know who she is and that you are Elsie Clark. We are your friends." "No he ain't not thet other man; he ain't no friend o' mine. Ah tell ye. He's de one whut locked me up on de boat. Ah sure know'd his voice; he done locked me up, an' Ah's a free nigger."
In such haste matters were very speedily brought to a crisis with mutual sighs, and "oh's" and "ah's," we sank exhausted, and lay for a very short time, when charming Mrs. B. said "Why, Charles, you are quite wild to me; what a hurry you have been in, but it was very nice, and I forgive you, but you must be more rational in future."
All down the street there were "Oh's" and "Ah's" and the reported fabulous sum paid for the sables was passed from lip to lip, increasing as it went. At her right elbow sauntered the Kid with the air of princes. Work had not diminished his love of pomp and show and his passion for the costly and genuine. On a corner they saw a group of the Stovepipe Gang loafing, immaculate.
There was momentary silence. Would he shut himself in his room for the night, or would he come into the study? At last the door opened and Mandy hastened to place a chair for him. "Ah's 'fraid you'se mighty tired," she said. "Oh, no," answered Douglas, absently. "Mebbe you'd like Mandy to be sarvin' your supper in here to-night. It's more cheerfuller."
"No fai, no fai!" said Betty, however she put it into her pocket; "now tak my advice, Jan; thee marry Zally Snowe." "Not with all England for her dowry. Oh, Betty, you know better." "Ah's me! I know much worse, Jan. Break thy poor mother's heart it will. And to think of arl the danger! Dost love Larna now so much?" "With all the strength of my heart and soul.
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