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His station in life had been his offence to Eliphalet, who strove now to hide an exultation that made him tremble. "What do you mean, sir?" demanded the Colonel, again. "I cal'late that I can gather together enough to meet the notes, Colonel. Just a little friendly transaction." Here followed an interval of sheer astonishment to Mr. Carvel. "You have this money?" he said at length. Mr.
I thought this reception thing was supposed to be a good time, but when I looked at myself in the glass just now, all I could think of was the Trumet post-office draped up for President McKinley's funeral. I suppose it's style, so it'll have to be. But if Labe, my husband, should see me now, he'd have a shock, I guess. Cal'late he'd think he was dead and I'd got word of it afore he did."
"There's enough old hulks rottin' at their moorin's down here as 'tis. I don't know anything about lumber and half as much about hardware, but I cal'late I can learn." As an aid in the learning process he retained as bookkeeper Laban Keeler, who had acted in that capacity for the former proprietor.
"If I could get somebody to go back with this horse, I don't know but what I'd walk to Waverley. Are you very busy?" "Well, I don't know but I could leave off for a short time," said the other, cautiously. "Work's pretty drivin', to be sure. What do you cal'late to pay?" "How much would it be worth?" "Well, there's the walk there and back, and then again there's the time."
Who in the dickens do you cal'late she is?" That question was answered the very next day. Bos'n, carefully dressed by Georgianna under the captain's supervision, and weighted down with advice and counsel from the latter, started for the schoolhouse at a quarter to nine. Only a sense of shame kept Captain Cy from walking to school with her. He spent a miserable forenoon.
There was an impudent tribute in his look which she resented strongly. "Where is the Captain?" she demanded. "He's down below ma'am," he replied. "Can can I do anything?" "Yes," she said, with abrupt maliciousness, "you may tell me where you are going." "I cal'late, up the Cumberland River.
"Be hollerin' for Jonah next, won't she? Cal'late so. Yus, yus." Message after message came and was recognized and acknowledged by the devout. The group from the Phipps' house had so far been slighted, so, too, had Captain Jethro Hallett.
His back's got to hurtin' him worse lately and Zach and Miss Martha they cal'late that's why Lulie give up her teachin' school up to Ostable and come down here to live along with him. I heard 'em talkin' about it t'other day and that's what they cal'late. Miss Martha she thinks a sight of Lulie." "And ah this Miss Lulie is the light keeper's daughter?"
I cal'late I'll be contented with having my folks cross in the Mayflower. They came three thousand miles anyway." She was inclined to regard the Channel rather contemptuously just then. A half hour later she was more respectful. The steamer was awaiting us at the pier. As the throng of passengers filed up the gang-plank she suddenly squeezed my arm. "Look! Hosy!" she cried. "Look! Isn't that him?"
When that British poet stuck his nose out of the companion we was abreast the p'int. "Hi!" says he, scrambling into the cockpit. "What's this mean?" I was steering and feeling toler'ble happy over the way things had worked out. "Nice sailing breeze, ain't it?" says I, smiling. "Where's Mau-Miss Stumpton?" he says, wild like. "She's abed, I cal'late," says I, "getting her beauty sleep.
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