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"'It's dry as a bone, he says, 'but what I say is this, le's us leave a fire burn here all night, so's to be sure. I'd hate like death to hev the whole congregation catchin' cold an' takin' Hiram Gekerjeck's medicine. "I rec'lect Eppleby Holcomb looked up sort o' dreamy Eppleby always goes round like he'd swallowed his last night's sleep. "'The house o' God, he says over; 'ain't that curious?
It's a quare tale he must have told 'em, and a big sack he must have promised 'em to bring 'em down on ye. Was it for killin' ye they was tryin', or was they for catchin' yez alive?" "They were trying to take us alive at first, I think, but the bullets whistled rather close for comfort." "I was a little shaky myself, when they plunked against the door," said Corson with a smile. "Oh, Mr.
Stubbs's hair, looked so intently at Toby that for the life of him he couldn't say which she regarded as the curiosity, himself or the monkey; therefore he hastened to say, modestly: "I didn't do much toward catchin' the monkeys; Mr. Stubbs here did almost all of it, an' I only led 'em in.
Can't marry a woman now-a-days till you're so deaf you have to cock your head like a parrot to hear what she says, and so long-sighted you can't see what she looks like nearer than arm's-length. Here is another chance for you, I said. What do you want nicer than such a young lady as Iris? It's no use, he answered. I look at them girls and feel as the fellah did when he missed catchin' the trout.
He don't look to be much account havin' a hackin' cough all through the piece, but down undherneath he wants to be impror iv th' Fr-rinch like his father befure him, d'ye mind, on'y he don't dare to go out f'r it f'r fear iv catchin' a bad cold on his chist. Th' Austhreeches that has charge iv him don't like th' idee iv havin' him know what kind iv man his father was.
"I should mak a couple o' guineas o't, at the very least," said the fellow, wi' a smile; and at the same time catchin me by the breast o' my coat, and sayin that I was his prisoner. "Prisoner!" exclaimed I, in amazement, "prisoner! what do you mean?"
"And why would he be after incriminating himself?" Danny demanded. The boys digested this news in silence for a moment. Then, "Does that fellow who was just in here play?" asked Tom. "He does. He plays right guard, and he plays it well. I'll say that for him. Well, it's catchin' no fish I am sittin' here gassin' with you fellers. Make yourselves to home. I must be gettin' on."
Is there a fire?" he asked an amiable-faced young mulatto, in the uniform of the sleeping-car service, who passed him with some light hand-bags. "No; they's Harlem people, I guess jes' catchin' the Elevated that's all, sir," he answered obligingly. At the moment some passengers emerged slowly from one of the sleeping-cars, and came loitering toward him.
"Yer a most fit an' proper darter for the Wild a ho!" sneezed Dick, with sudden violence, while Mary glanced quickly up and opened her eyes very wide. "Whisst to a hah! whew! wot a tickler! I raally think the mountain air's a-goin' to make me subjick to catchin' colds." March took no notice of the remark. His attention was at that moment divided between Mary's eyes and a marrow-bone.
Byles looked up to see three armed keepers commanding their helpless party, and one of them purple with rage. "I hope we don't intrude; maybe we could give you a hand in catchin' the birds, and if a spring-cart would be of ony use ... confound your cheek! "Gathering flowers, are ye, and gave the pheasants a biscuit, did ye, and the boys thought they would like to stroke one, would they?
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