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Afore 'e could make up 'is mind, however, he turned sleepy, and, throwing 'imself down on the bed which was meant for the two of 'em, fell into a peaceful sleep. Sam and Ginger Dick came in a little while arterward, both badly marked where Bill 'ad hit them, and sat talking to Peter in whispers as to wot was to be done.
She looked from her 'usband to Charlie and Bob and then back at 'im agin and caught 'er breath. "That's right," ses Dixon, nodding his 'ead at her. "I'm master and owner of the Blue Lion and you're first mate. When I'm speaking you keep quiet; that's dissipline." I was in that bar about three months arterward, and I never saw such a change in any woman as there was in Mrs. Dixon.
I'm not counting the drink he 'ad at the chemist's shop arterward, because he took that as medicine, but he was so queer in 'is inside next morning that 'e began to be afraid he'd 'ave to give up drink altogether.
Afore 'e could make up 'is mind, however, he turned sleepy, and, throwing 'imself down on the bed which was meant for the two of 'em, fell into a peaceful sleep. Sam and Ginger Dick came in a little while arterward, both badly marked where Bill 'ad hit them, and sat talking to Peter in whispers as to wot was to be done.
On the way home, in the delightful summer twilight, the girl dexterously led the conversation toward Nora's past history. "Was Thomas a sailor when you married him?" she asked. "Yes, miss. He were bos'n on Cap'n Wegg's schooner the 'Lively Kate, an' I were livin' with Miss Mary, as come to be Mrs. Wegg arterward." "Oh, I see. And were you blind then, Nora?" "No, miss.
'Least said soonest mended, says I to myself, and keeps mum about the whole thing what I'd got, and what I'd seen. But when I come to think it all over arterward, I was skeered for true at what I'd done, and for fear Mars' Winston wouldn't like it. What reason could I give him for hidin' of the pocketbook, ef I give it up to him?
To remonstrate with a whirlwind, to explain to a flash of lightning, to soothe and propitiate the fury of a conflagration the task before the primitive and inexpert Cove-dwellers seemed to partake of this nature. "Cap'n ef ye'd listen ter what I gotter say," began the miller. "I'll listen arterward!" exclaimed Ackert, in his clarion voice.
Dat was a leetle too much for de ole raft, an' she done went to pieces like a bundle of straw. John Brown was a-holdin' on to Challenger's neck, an' she jus' held on, legs an' han's, wid her fingers clenched into de mane, so dat I had to cut some ob it off arterward to git 'em away.
He was quite certain all along that somebody was putting a spell on 'im, and when 'e went out a morning or two arterward and found 'is best pig lying dead in a corner of the sty he gave up and, going into the 'ouse, told 'em all that they'd 'ave to die 'cause he couldn't do anything more for 'em.
The fust cottage Joe came to was Bill Jones's, and, knowing Bill's temper, he stood for some time afore he could make up 'is mind to knock; but at last he up with 'is stick and banged away at the door. A minute arterward he 'eard the bedroom winder pushed open, and then Bill Jones popped his 'cad out and called to know wot was the matter and who it was.
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