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"A bargain's a bargain, an' I allus stick to one I make." Mr. Ellsworth withdrew, but not defeated. He had never supposed that such an absurd proposition would be accepted. It was only a feeler, and he had noticed a wince of regret in his landlord. He sat down on the porch and lit a strong cigar. His wife did not bother him.
They had seemingly just come to an agreement about something or other, for Evelyn, waving the shorter end of a broken wishbone, was vivaciously saying to Ralph: "A bargain's a bargain, and I always stick to one I make." Copyright, 1906, by Harper & Brothers. A boy in an unnaturally clean, country-laundered collar walked down a long white road.
Well, you may tell him the bargain's hoff, and if he wants his money, it's a waitin' of him round the corner. James. You little blackguard! Do you suppose a gen'leman's a goin' to deliver sich a message as that! Be off, you himp! How d'e do, Clumsy? Don't touch me; I ain't nice. Why, what was you made for, Parrot? Is them calves your own rearin' now? Is that a quid or a fardin?
Christy. Did you hear any thing? Oh, I see ye did by your eyes. Now, hark'ee, my good girl: don't mention a sentence to Ferrinafad of my settling the new inn, till the bargain's complate, and money in both pockets you hear. Biddy. I do, sir. But I did not hear afore. Christy. Becaase, she, though she's my daughter, she's crass I'll empty my mind to you, Biddy. Biddy. Christy.
"Carried it last turn," said Joseph, decidedly. "A bargain's a bargain." "Certainly, certainly," returned his lordship, "a bargain is a bargain, Joseph." He sat down upon one of the lower rungs of the ladder and fanned himself with a pocket-handkerchief. "But you know, Joseph," he began again after a pause, "nobody pushes a bargain too hard. If you carry the ladder this time I will carry it next.
When she had gone and the guest had risen from the table and put on his hat, the captain said warningly: "There's one little bit of advice I want to give you, Mister Man: A bargain's a bargain, but it takes two to keep it. Don't let your love for Tad Simpson lead you into talkin' too much. Talk's cheap, they say, but too much of it might be mighty dear for you. Understand?"
I will show France and her what lay in the heart of the poor rhymester." Louis applauded, clapping his thin hands together gleefully. "Spoken like a man! But remember, a bargain's a bargain. If you fail to win the lady, you must, with heaven's help, keep yourself for the gallows. No self-slaughter, no flinging away your life on some other fool's sword.
"Mistress Kelpie here 's e'en ower ready to confess her fauts, an' that by giein' a taste o' them; she winna bide to be speired; but for haudin' aff o' them efter the bargain's made ye ken she's no even responsible for the bargain. An' gien ye expec' me to haud my tongue aboot them faith, Maister Crathie, I wad as sune think o' sellin' a rotten boat to Blue Peter.
But in the meanwhile Béla had contrived to come up quite close to Elsa, and to whisper hurriedly in her ear: "A bargain's a bargain, my dove! you behave amiably to Klara Goldstein and I will keep a civil tongue in my head for your old sweetheart. .
A bargain's a bargain, and the carpet's puffik throughout. 'We don't want you to take it back, said Cyril; 'but we found something in it. 'It must have got into it up at your place, then, said the man, with indignant promptness, 'for there ain't nothing in nothing as I sell. It's all as clean as a whistle. 'I never said it wasn't CLEAN, said Cyril, 'but
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