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"An, frum whut I coul' gather he gwine gib it ter you; an' ef you wants me ter I'll he'p you tie him ter er tree an' w'ar him out." "No, that won't do. But do you know whether or not he has got a app'intment from off yander at Nashville? Did you hear?" "I doan think it quite got yere yit, but he keep on er lookin' down de road 'spectin' it to come erlaung at any minit.
"Well, this war having commenced in 'arnest, the Delaware and I rendezvous'd an app'intment, to meet this evening at sunset on the rendezvous-rock at the foot of this very lake, intending to come out on our first hostile expedition ag'in the Mingos.
You might go over an' ast her about it to-morrer. It's a good thing she's a friend of yourn, Rosalie, because if she wasn't I'd have to fight her app'intment." "Why, daddy!" reproachfully. "Well, she's a foreigner, an' I don't think it's right to give her a job when we've got so many home products that want the place an' who look unpopular enough to fill the bill.
"He'll meet us," said Ephraim, promptly, but his voice was not quite steady. "Oh, Uncle Jethro!" cried Cynthia, "you're trying to get out of it. You remember you promised to meet us in Washington." "Guess he'll keep this app'intment," said Ephraim, who seemed to be full of a strange mirth that bubbled over, for he actually winked at Jethro. went first to Faneuil Hall.
An' you know that the app'intment of Peters mout spile it all." The old man shrugged. "Yes, mout spile it all fur Peters. Let me tell you suthin'. I ain't a stairrin' round to see how much one pusson thinks of another, an' I don't know how much she keers fur that young feller, but I do know that she is worthy of any man that ever trod shoe luther.
"I'll have the app'intment sent to your hotel this afternoon, said he." "'Then I said to him, 'This has come out full better than I expected, Mr. President. I'm much obliged to you. He didn't say nothin' more, so I come out." "Grant didn't say anything about Worthington or Duncan, did he?" asked the senator, curiously, as he rose to go.
"Danged if I was any more fooled with a man in m' life. I b'lieve the whole thing is a little scheme on the bretheren t' raise a dollar." "Why so?" "Waal, y' see, Pill ain't got much out o' the app'intment thus fur, and he ain't likely to, if he don't shake 'em up a leetle. Borrud ten dollars o' me t'other day." Well, thought Milton, whatever his real motive is, Elder Pill is earning all he gets.
A real trouble is a comin' down the road, but you don't appear to mind it. Have you seed Lije Peters sense he was here the other day?" "No, I ain't been lookin' fur him." "But he mout look for you." "He won't have to look under the bed," the old man replied, slowly walking up and down the room. "Jasper, do you think he'll git that app'intment as deputy marshal?"
"But," said Barnabas in frowning perplexity, "I don't understand. How did he get hold of the letter?" "Lord, sir, 'ow do I know that? But get it 'e did 'e likewise broke the seal." "But why?" "Vell now, first, it's a love-letter, ain't it?" "Why I " "Werry good! Now, sir, might that theer letter be making a app'intment come?" "Yes, an appointment for to-morrow evening." "Ah!
"I'll have the app'intment sent to your hotel this afternoon, said he." "'Then I said to him, 'This has come out full better than I expected, Mr. President. I'm much obliged to you. He didn't say nothin' more, so I come out." "Grant didn't say anything about Worthington or Duncan, did he?" asked the senator, curiously, as he rose to go.
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