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But the man only threatened to heave the bucket of water at her if she got in his way; and Miss Batts was obliged to abandon this hope. The fire made rapid progress meanwhile, unchecked by that ineffectual splashing of water.
"Then how should I, mum? No, mum, I didn't hear nothink; I can take my Bible oath of that." "I don't want any oaths; I only want to know the meaning of this business. There would have been no harm in your screaming. You might just as well speak the truth about it." "Lor, mum, but it warn't me," answered Sarah Batts with an injured look. "Whatever could go to put it in your head as it was me?"
Of batts, which hold a middle place between the beasts and the birds, we saw many kinds, particularly one which, as I have observed already, was larger than a partridge: We were not fortunate enough to take one either alive or dead, but it was supposed to be the same as Buffon has described by the name of Rouset or Rouget.
The name of the taller man was Peter Halsey, and Joseph Batts was his companion. It was a fine July evening, with a cold north wind blowing from the plain which lay stretched to their right.
You are at Batts' hotel, sir?" "No, my lord, at the British hotel." "Ha! that is the cause of the mistake. You will find my note, sir, at Batts'." Captain Percy bowed Lord Oldborough bowed not a word more passed.
But the Oakwell property passed out of the hands of the Batts at the beginning of the last century; collateral descendants succeeded, and left this picturesque trace of their having been.
Why, says he, in the sea-service, it is impossible to do any thing without them, there being not more than three men of the whole King's side that are fit to command almost; and these were Captain Allen, Smith, and Beech; and it may be Holmes, and Utber, and Batts might do something.
Batts?" "Yep, just about. Hopped up here to smell the walnuts. Takes me away back. They took it pretty hard, didn't they?" "Yes, particularly the Major. His wife has more control over herself." "Or may be less affection," Gid replied. "They say she's strong, but I call her cold. Hold on and I'll walk with you." He got down off the fence and walked beside the giant.
At the end of the year Cook went to England, and on December 21 he married, at Barking, in Essex, Miss Elizabeth Batts, a young lady of respectable family, to whom he had some time before been engaged. As she died in 1835, at the age of ninety-three, she must at the time of her marriage have been twenty years old.
I believe, sir, that in your smooth way you once took occasion to say that Gideon Batts was a loud-mouth and most imprudent man. But, sir, there is more merit in the loud bark of a dog than in the soft tread of a cat. I will oppose you when the time comes, but I will shoulder the responsibility of martial law in this community. Good day, sir." "Major " "I said good day, sir."
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