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"Would you believe it, there was one whaler put in here, and what does he do but go and invite a lot o' free blacks aboard to have a blow-out; and no sooner did he get them down into the hold then he shut down the hatches, sailed away, and sold 'em every one." "Ah! morther, couldn't I burst?" groaned Phil; "an' ov coorse they left a lot o' fatherless children and widders behind 'em."
"Fellows," he said, "we must save up for to-morrow’s blow-out; suppose you let Mitchell and me dine Aunt Mary somewhere very tranquilly to-night and we’ll get her home by eleven." "Yes, do," said Janice, with sudden earnest entreaty. "Honestly, there is a limit." "Of course, there is a limit," said Mitchell. "Even cities have their limits.
They were just about to leave, quiet having been restored, when there came a knock. "Who is it?" asked Dunk, suspiciously. "Gaffington," was the unexpected answer. "Are you fellows coming to my blow-out." Dunk looked at Andy and paused. Following the affair in Burke's, where Gaffington had incited Dunk against Andy, the rich youth from Andy's town had had little to say to him.
"So, so! on the road, are they?" cried Clifford, musingly, and without heeding the insinuated attack on his decorum. "But answer me, what is the plan? Be quick!" "Why," replied the dame, "there's some swell cove of a lord gives a blow-out to-day; and the lads, dear souls! think to play the queer on some straggler."
Nothing moving was in sight. Suddenly, just as they cleared the bridge, and began to mount the opposite grade, there came a sharp report, sounding so close at hand the chauffeur clamped on his brake, and glanced anxiously over the side of the car. "Blow-out, wasn't it, sir?" "No," said West shortly, staring himself out into the thicket of trees at their left.
"Red wine for you, darlin', like I brought you last Tuesday night and warmed you up so nice. The kind the doctor says is so grand for you, darlin' red wine without bubbles like he says you gotta have." "Red wine!" "Yeh, and black grapes like I brought you last Tuesday, and like he says you oughtta have black grapes and swell fruit that's good for you, darlin'." "A real blow-out, Vi-dee."
"Leather buckets, piazzy hat, speakin'-trumpet, bed-wrench, and puckerin'-string bag are in my front hall this minit," said Hiram, cheerily, "and the wife is gittin' the stuff together for the feed and blow-out next week. I'm goin' to do it up brown!" The Cap'n opened his mouth as though to enter upon revelations. But he shut it without a word.
But I shouldn't be surprised if this is the location used for to-night; it has all the signs. We suspected that this evening would be the real blow-out and if the men are going there I shall send down the foremen and engineers to break it up. Vorse's owning this house and his being the source of the liquor is almost proof.
"I heard over the mountain that you all were holding this blow-out to-day, and I struck a lively lick to get here before the music commenced. Somebody told me that your friend Mostyn was here." "Yes, he is staying with me," Saunders answered. "He is over there under the arbor." "Well, I'll look 'im up," Leach answered. "Me 'n' him has struck up a sort of friendship.
Jane had observed signs of objection on Judith's good-humored face. "All right," yielded Judith. "Go ahead. I'll give a blow-out when my check comes. It'll be here next week." "We'll invite Norma, Dorothy, Adrienne, Ethel, Mary, Christine Ellis, Barbara Temple, and oh, yes Alicia Reynolds. We mustn't forget Alicia." "Yes, she needs a little recreation," grinned Judith.
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