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'Ain't it nice to have her here? he kep' on sayin' over'n' over to Lyddy, an' she'd say 'Yes; but byme-by, when she found he was al'ays on hand to bring a pail o' water for 'Mandy, or to throw away her suds, or even help hang out the clo'es I see 'em hangin' out clo'es one day when I was goin' across their lot huckleberr'in', an' he did look like a great gump, an' so did she well, then, Lyddy Ann got to seemin' kind o' worried, an' she had more sick headaches than ever.
So all dem folks shake dere hands an' 'low "Howdy," an' some ob dem say: "Why, dere's li'l' Mose! Howdy, li'l' Mose?" An' he so please' he jes grin' an' grin', 'ca'se he ain't reckon whut gwine happen. So byme-by Sally Ann, whut live up de road, she say', "Ain't no sort o' Hallowe'en lest we got a jack-o'-lantern."
So all dem folks shake dere hands an' 'low "Howdy," an' some ob dem say: "Why, dere 's li'l Mose! Howdy, li'l' Mose?" An' he so please' he jes grin' an' grin', 'ca'se he aint reckon whut gwine happen. So byme-by Sally Ann, whut live up de road, she say', "Ain't no sort o' Hallowe'en lest we got a jack-o'-lantern."
An' byme-by somefin' grab' li'l' Mose by de aidge of he coat, an' he fight' an' struggle' an' cry out: "Dey ain't no ghosts. Dey ain't no ghosts." An' dat ain't nuffin' but de wild brier whut grab' him, an' dat ain't nuffin' but de leaf ob a tree whut brush' he cheek, an' dat ain't nuffin' but de branch ob a hazel-bush whut brush' he arm.
I al'ays forgit that. I feel as if the things could git out an' walk. Here! you let it alone, an' byme-by we'll open it. Se' down here on the lounge. There, now! I guess I can tell ye. It was sister 'Liza's chist, an' she kep' it up attic. She begun it when we wa'n't more'n girls goin' to Number Six, an' she's been fillin' on 't ever sence." "Begun it! You talk as if 't was a quilt!"
She ketched the broom right out o' my hand. "I'll sweep, byme-by, says she. 'Don't you touch that gravel, none on ye! An' so the gravel laid there, an' we walked round it, watchers an' all.
"I'll go see her, myself, byme-by," he said kindly. "Mebbe she'll come back with me." "It's too late now." The artist spoke a little bitterly. "Too late!" Uncle William came out, reproachful and surprised. "What d'you mean?" "It's quarter to nine. She goes to work at nine. She has pupils she teaches all day." Uncle William's face dropped a little. "That's too bad now, ain't it! But don't you mind.
"I never was so hard with Mary L. afore," she explained the next day, "but I was as nervous as a witch. I thought, if I heard a pin drop, I should scream." "I dunno how long I set there," went on Hannah Prime, "but byme-by it begun to come over me how still the lake was. 'Twas like glass; an' way over where it runs in 'tween them islands, it burnt like fire.
"Settle up them scores byme-by; fightin' Christians is scurse raound here. Fire away, Dick." "Well, we got as hungry as hounds half a dozen mile from home, and when a farmhouse hove in sight, Joe said he 'd ask for a bite, and leave some of the plunder for pay. I was visitin' Joe, didn't know folks round, and backed out of the beggin' part of the job; so he went ahead alone.
Suddenly she turned to Adam, where he stood, shaking and hesitating, in the doorway. "You goin' to send him off?" "'Pears as if that's the only way," shuffled Adam. "To-day?" "Well, I dunno's they'll come" Mary walked past him, her mind assured. "There, that'll do," said she. "You set down in your corner. I'll be back byme-by."
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