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He forced himself to decision again; had he hesitated he knew he would have gone elsewhere. The price also less than four dollars gold attracted him, and he could doubtless buy some furniture in the town. Moreover, experienced missionaries who had talked before the board had always emphasized the value of living among the natives. "B'en," said the negress.
B'en here so long he resembles a horned toad more'n anything else." This from Sucatash. De Launay paused inside the door. "I wonder. Are there any more old-timers left hereaways?" "Oh, sure. There's some that dates back past the Spanish War. I reckon 'Snake' Murphy he tends bar for Johnny the Greek, who runs this honkatonk he's one of 'em. Banker's another.
"That is how this youngster finds himself here Bernel, they call him. The old one is much away and the young one does his business hereabouts. And see the airs he puts on! One would think the Island belonged to him, and he hasn't had the grace to come and say how d'ye do to me yet. For myself " "For yourself, Aunt Jeanne?" "Eh b'en!" with a twinkle.
Nobody didn' notice it at de time, but dat night, on de way home, de gemman's hoss runned away en kill' de coachman. W'en we hearn de noos, Aun' Lucy, de cook, she up 'n say she seed de strange nigger eat'n' er de scuppernon's behine de smoke-house; en den we knowed de goopher had b'en er wukkin.
"I went to Harwich with Moses before that bad spell I had in March," he answered. Cynthia smiled from pure happiness, for she began to see the drift of things now. "H-how long since you've b'en in foreign parts?" said Jethro. "'Sixty-five," answered Ephraim, with astonishing promptness. "Er like to go to Washington with us to-morrow like to go to Washington?" Ephraim gasped, even as Cynthia had.
"If you'd a fit with him, you wouldn't say that, Miss Lucrety." "I haven't a word to say against his fighting qualities," she replied. "Guess the General might say the same of you," said Ephraim. "If you'd a b'en a man, I callate you'd a come out of the war with two stars on your shoulder. Godfrey, Miss Lucrety, you'd ought to've b'en a man."
"I met him right comin' out o' the Casino at Trouville, yes'day aft'noon; c'udn' a' b'en more'n four o'clock hol' on though, yes 'twas, 'twas nearer five, about twunty minutes t' five, say an' this feller tells me " He cackled with laughter as palpably disingenuous as the corroborative details he thought necessary to muster, then he became serious, as if marvelling at his own wondrous verdancy.
Hannah started. "Have you finished?" she asked. "Yes." "You've b'en out in the cold, and you haven't eaten much." Janet fought back her tears. "Oh yes, I have," she managed to reply, convinced of the futility of speech, of all attempts to arouse her mother to a realization of the situation. Perhaps though her heart contracted at the thought perhaps it was a merciful thing!
In one of his poems there was some Latin-Quarter French, which our collective purism questioned, and I remember how tender of us he was in maintaining that in his Parisian time, at least, some ladies beyond the Seine said "Eh, b'en," instead of "Eh, bien." He knew that we must be always on the lookout for such little matters, and he would not wound our ignorance.
They're a numba two, and they'll fit any lady here, I don't ca'e how small a foot she's got. Don't all speak at once, sistas! Ample time allowed for meals. That's a custom-made shoe, and if it hadn't b'en too small for the lady they was oddid foh, you couldn't-'a' got 'em for less than seven dollas; but now I'm throwin' on 'em away for three."
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