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Of course her taxes wus awful high; and she didn't expect to have any voice in tellin' how that money, a part of her own property, that she earned herself in a store, should be used. "But she had jest been taxed high for new sidewalks in front of some of her buildin's.
Why, I wouldn't a been surprised at nothin' I felt a good deal of the time jest like that in all of the buildin's, and I said so to my Josiah when he'd try to surprise me by lookin' at some strange thing. "No, Josiah," I would say, "I can't be surprised no more, the time for that has gone by gone by, a long time ago."
For one thing there were no policemen about, same as you'd see at Roundhay on a Bank Holiday, an' at low side o' t' lake there was a town wi' all maks an' manders o' buildin's; an', what's more, a steel works wi' blast-furnaces. Weel, I were stood there, watchin' t' childer paddlin' about i' t' watter, when somebody clapped his hand on my showder an' sang out: 'Hullo!
If you want, we'll get married over there and rough it together before the buildin's done." "I I'd rather wait, Jude if you're willing. I want to get some some things." Joyce's teeth were chattering. "But if a minister should happen in St. Angé in the meanwhile, I'd I'd marry you."
And along this broad beautiful avenue there are six rows of large chestnut trees. A track for horseback riders on one side, a broad carriage driveway, two fine promenades, besides the walk. Splendid buildin's rise up on each side of this grand street, and parks and gardens abound.
Dorothy's sweet face and Robert's noble liniment took on reverent looks as we stood by the tomb of saint and sage, hero and poet. We went from there to see the Houses of Parliament, immense buildings full of interest and associations. We also went to see St. Paul's Cathedral, which towers up in majesty, dwarfin' the other buildin's near it.
"He looked out of the window, and right away he noticed somethin'. 'Twas a beautiful, clear moonlight night, and the high board fence around the buildin's showed black against the white sand. And in that white strip was a ten-foot white gape. Nate had shut that gate afore he went upstairs. Who'd opened it? Then he heard the noise in the kitchen again. Somebody was talkin' down there.
Wall, no more we couldn't do justice to these buildin's unless we laid out to live as long as Methusleah did, and hang round here for a hundred years or so. We had to go by a lot of officers all dressed up in uniforms. But we wuzn't afraid we knew we hadn't done anything to make us afraid.
"You better let her drift; we'll get there 'bout as quick; the tide'll take her right out from under these old buildin's; there's plenty wind outside." "Your bo't ain't trimmed proper, Mis' Todd!" exclaimed a voice from shore. "You're lo'ded so the bo't'll drag; you can't git her before the wind, ma'am.
The rapt, wrinkled face shone as if it had been touched by angel fingers. Virginia watched him reverently. "It's more'n two years ago, now," proceeded the cobbler presently, "an' I was workin' on one of them tall uptown buildin's. Jimmy Malligan worked right alongside of me. We was great chums, Jimmy an' me. One day the ropes broke on one of the scaffoldin's at least, that's what folks said.
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