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"Eight seventy-five!" said he. "Eight eighty-five!" said Stephen. There was a breathless pause. "Nine hundred!" said the trader. "Nine hundred and ten!" cried Stephen. At that Mr. Jerkins whipped his hat from off his head, and made Stephen a derisive bow. "She's youahs, suh," he said. "These here are panic times. I've struck my limit. I can do bettah in Louisville fo' less.
"For a wonder there's nothing torn or busted this trip. I must be reforming Girls, what do you think! I haven't lost a single thing for a whole week." "Don't brag," warned Lloyd. "Mom Beck would say you'd bettah scratch on wood if you don't want yoah luck to change."
"An' he'd bettah git outdoors where he kin romp around t' suit hisse'f," added Dinah. "Kitchens ain't no place fo' dogs when bakin's goin' on." So Snap was put outside, with a nice bone to gnaw, and he did not feel unhappy. Flossie and Freddie cleaned out the brown bowl, on the sides and bottom of which were bits of the sweet cake batter.
"Elder," interrupted Aunt Sheba, with portentous solemnity, "dere's bobscure 'flictions in dis worl' dat can't be 'splained, an' de 'flictions ofen begin wen we say 'for bettah or wusser. You'se say youself in de pulpit dat de gret an' bressed sinner, Paul, had a thorn in de flesh an' he couldn't git rid ob it nohow, dat he jes' bar wid it an' go 'bout his business.
She rolled and quivered like a living thing in fear, falling on and off, nosing out a passage on her own account apparently, and seeming to be gathering all her strength for one tremendous effort. "That's bettah, sah! That's bettah, Captain, sah! Go astern! This he-ah's the bar, sah damn bad place, the bar, sah! Go astern, sah. Captain, sah, d'you he-ah me go astern!
"Now, atter Solomon's gal had be'n sont away, he kep' feelin' mo' en mo' bad erbout it, 'tel fin'lly he 'lowed he wuz gwine ter see ef dey could n' be sump'n done fer ter git 'er back, en ter make Mars Jeems treat de darkies bettah. So he tuk a peck er co'n out'n de ba'n one night, en went ober ter see ole Aun' Peggy, de free-nigger cunjuh 'oman down by de Wim'l'ton Road.
"I do' reckon, Mistah Scatters, dat we bettah not let de othah folks in de sto' know anything 'bout dis hyeah bus'ness of ouahs. I got to be 'sponsible fu dat money, an' I doesn't want to tek no chances." "You are perfectly right, sir, perfectly right. You are responsible, not only for the money itself, but for the integrity of this seal which means the dignity of government."
"An' I reckon we bettah not ride no further, fer if Alick shud smell corn, he'd nat'larly raise dis whol' neighborhood he's got a powerful voice, sah." "Equal to his appetite no doubt." "Yas, sah; that's mostly whut Alick am." "How far away is the house?" "Likely 'bout a hundred yards.
"Oh, I know dat, Massa Tom yo'll turn dis place upside down in two days suah!" "Why, Aleck, you know I'd never do anything so rash," answered Tom, meekly. "Going to uncover some more freight thieves?" asked Jack Ness, as he took charge of the team and started for the barn. "I think dem boys had bettah cotch some of dem chicken thieves," put in Aleck Pop. "Yo' don't seem to git holt ob dem nohow."
"I calculated on taking you, Washington. You went north and south with me, and down into the center of the earth. I thought you'd like to go on this trip." Washington laid down the hammer he had come in to borrow to fix the chicken coop. He looked around on the circle of smiling faces. "I I 'spects I'd bettah be lookin' fo' annudder place, perfesser," he said quietly.
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