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Updated: May 28, 2025
I forgot that, for the minute. But that wasn't a quarrel, rightly speakin'. 'Twas just a little difference of opinion on account of my not understandin' her reason for bein' so sot on havin' her own way. Soon's I understood 'twas all right. And you see yourself how peaceable she's been ever since." So, after consultation with Azuba, the arrangement was perfected.
I don't know now whether it was a cup full of sugar or a pinch of salt I put in, or the other way 'round. Cookin'! Don't talk to ME." The captain found it practically impossible to talk to anybody. Hapgood was busy; Serena was busier, and Azuba was busiest of all.
You want to take your place in the world! Why, you've had the front place ever since Eve got Adam to eat the apple. She was skipper of that craft, wasn't she! And us men most of us, anyhow have been fo'mast hands ever since. What is it you want? Want to vote? Go ahead and vote. I'M willin'." But Azuba laughed scornfully. "Vote!" she repeated. "I don't care whether I vote or not."
Hungerford's absence, Gertrude's meekness she was a silent and conscience-stricken young lady all combined to strengthen Daniel's resolution, and he was, for the first time in years, the actual head of the household. He took active charge of the bills and financial affairs, he commanded Azuba to do this and that, he saw the callers who came and he sent them to the rightabout in a hurry.
"Why!" she exclaimed; "who oh, my soul! "Hello, Zuby!" roared her husband, rising to greet her. "How be you, old gal?" Before she could speak or move he seized her in his arms, squeezed her to him, and pressed a kiss like the report of a fire-cracker upon her cheek. "How be you, Zuby?" he repeated. "Oh, Labe!" gasped Azuba. "Labe!" "I'm Labe, all right.
As she expressed it afterward, "the everlastin' soul was pretty nigh scart out of her." The saucer flew through the air and lit upon the top of the cookstove. "What what what " stammered Azuba. "Oh, my land! WHAT is it?" "Where's Serena?" demanded Captain Daniel, paying no attention to the saucer, except to tread upon the fragments. "Hey? Oh, what IS it? Is the store afire?" "No, no!
He bolted up the stairs. Gertrude's next remark was addressed to the housekeeper. "Azuba," she said, "would you and your husband mind leaving us? Perhaps you'd better not go to bed. I I may need Mr. Ginn later on; perhaps I may. But if you and he were to go down to the kitchen and wait just a few moments I should be so much obliged. Will you?" Azuba hesitated. "Leave you?" she repeated.
"And shut your head along with it!" There were some inmates of the Dott mansion who, probably, slept peacefully the remainder of that night, or morning. Cousin Percy doubtless did, also Mr. Hapgood. Azuba, sleeping at the rear of the house, had not been awakened at all. But neither Captain Dan or Serena slept. Mrs. Dott's nerves kept her awake, and the combination prevented Daniel from napping.
She placed the bonnet on the table and fidgeted in her chair, glancing first at her employer and then at the clock. Captain Dan was smiling broadly. "That's fine!" exclaimed Mr. Ginn. "Now you look like home folks. Now she'll get us some supper, won't she, Cap'n?" Again Daniel did not answer, but his smile, as Azuba interpreted it, was provokingly triumphant. Her lips closed tightly.
"The minister and his wife's comin'," she announced. Mrs. Dott turned. "The minister and his wife?" she repeated. "The bell hasn't rung, has it? How do you know they're coming here?" "See 'em through the window," replied Azuba, cheerfully. "They was at the gate quite a spell. She was gettin' her hat straight, and he was helpin' her. Here they be," as the callers' footsteps sounded on the porch.
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