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Updated: June 12, 2025
When he seen me he changed colour. I'd jest popped my head through the door an' sung out: 'Hello, Hardy, how's the boy? He jumped up from the desk an' sung out so's his clerk in the outside room could hear: 'How are you, lad? an' he pulled me quick into the room an' locked the door behind me. "'Now what in hell have you come to Elkhead for? says he. "'For a drink' says I, never battin' an eye.
Robert," I breaks in, "if I discovered the Agnes for 'em? I might boost my battin' average with Auntie; and maybe I could work Ollie for a commission." "Here!" says Mr. Robert, shovin' over the desk 'phone. "Make him give you five per cent. at least. Here's his number."
When time hangs heavy, I entertains myse'f with a dooel between Augustus Augustus bein' the horned toad's name , an' a empty sardine box for which he entertains resentments. ""Lay for him, Augustus!" I'd say, at the same instant battin' him in the nose with the box. "'Of course, Augustus ain't got savey enough to realize I does it.
Tharfore, when this gent names four bits, I onpouches the dinero an' prepares to take a astronomic peek. ""How long do I gaze for four bits?" I asks, battin' my right eye to get it into piercin' shape. ""Go as far as you likes," retorts the philosopher; "thar's no limit."
Now I appear to have one in every j'int, and in my brains as well. I didn't ever suppose that I could be so tired, and yit be able to set up and take nourishment." "Same here," said Si. "Feel as if I ought to be wrapped in cotton battin' an' sweet oil, an' laid away for awhile." The only thing about them which did not show deadly lassitude was their appetites.
But Josiah sez it is because I have such a soft look that folks think they can pour their griefs into me and they will sink in, some like water into cotton battin, and they can lose sight of their sorrows for a spell and relieve 'em some.
Pike, he says, battin' his eyes and turnin' over to go to sleep again. 'Very well, Mr. Pike, says he. 'Watch her. An' Mr. Pike . . . 'Yes, sir, says I. 'Give me a call, Mr. Pike, when the windlass shows signs of comin' aft. That's what he said, his very words, an' the next moment, damme, he was snorin'."
See he's battin' his eyes and working his hands around. He sure heard the birdies sing!" "The rest of you boys had just as well go on down to the shack," directed the sheriff. "Creagan and Joe and me will take care of Foy till he's able to move or be moved, and bring him into camp. You just lead up our three horses and an extra one for Foy up as far as you can fetch 'em.
"He walked in on her one day when she was battin' away at the piano herself with her back to the door. Then she pretended it had been a joke, and he was so far gone by that time he didn't care. He's crazy, anyway," added the youth, casually. "Who is this Corliss?" "He owns this house. His family were early settlers and used to be very prominent, but they're all dead except this one.
They are in wet cotton battin at the stems, and they won't fade a bit all day," and Nettie offered to Nan a gorgeous bouquet of lovely pure white, waxy lilies, that grow so many on a stalk and have such a delicious fragrance. Nettie's house was an old homestead, and there delicate blooms crowded around the sitting-room window. Nan let her hatbox down and took the flowers.
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