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"Everybody says she is the crankiest teacher they is," cried Jimmy, "she won't let you bring nothing to school 'cepting your books; you can't even take your slingshot, nor your air-gun, nor " "Nor your dolls," chimed in Frances, "and she won't let you bat your eye, nor say a word, nor cross your legs, nor blow your nose."
If satisfied them ez well ez them buttons ye puts in missionary boxes, I reckon, and 'cepting ez freight, don't cost nothin'. I found 'em tucked in the ribs o' the old Pontiac when I bought her, and I nailed 'em up in thar lest they should fall into dishonest hands. It's a lucky thing, Mr. Renshaw, that they comes into the honest fingers of a square man like Sleight ain't it?"
"Shut up that book and listen to me. I've got some portentious" she meant important "news. Cameron's Shoe Store advertises shoes at forty-nine cents. That means a pair, doesn't it? They wouldn't sell them separately, would they, 'cepting to one-legged people? And the sale lasts the whole week."
Nobody won't come to de quarter and tote folks away to de swamp when you around." "Who did it?" asked Marcy. Morris laughed as he had not laughed before since Marcy went away. "Now listen at you," said he. "How you reckon a pore niggah know who done it? Everybody afraid of de niggahs now-days; everybody 'cepting de Union folks. Going get 'nother oberseer, Marse Marcy?" "Yes.
"We cud see up de Illinois mor'n ten mile. Ah reckon, but dar wan't no boat nowhar, 'cepting an o' scow tied up ter de bank." "I thought so. The keel-boat has gone down the Mississippi." "Yer done saw her, sah?" "I saw her smoke; she was hidden by a big bend just below. Don't sit there staring at me come across."
Presently he said: "Seems to me years since I've rested like this, Alston!" "I believe it is many years," said Lake, with a little satisfied laugh. "I've never seen you do it before." "'Cepting the cure. And that don't amount to anything." "Stay and dine, won't you?" said Charmian. "If you're not bored." "Bored!" said Crayford. "We'll dine just as we are. I'll go in and see the cook about it."
Indeed, we are in a muddle, sir. Look round town so rich as 'tis. Look how we live, and where we live, an' in what numbers; and look how the mills is always a-goin', and how they never works us no nigher to any distant object, 'cepting always, death. Sir, I cannot, wi' my little learning, tell the gentleman what will better this; though some working men o' this town could.
Boarders must be warned an' watched, elseways we shall hev all in the house afloat, 'cepting the stoves an' flat-irons, by-'n'-by. Somebody at Mrs. Moyler's acted so, and the house was like a roarin' sea, with the baby adrift in his little cradle, and the roaches a-swimmin' round. Oh, dear!" Now Mr.
"Well, everything goes on fine 'cepting some cheers once in a while, until the Honorable gets down to the gover'ment's plans for the immigrants.
I tell my mama the truth 'most all time 'cepting when she asks questions 'bout things ain't none of her business a tall, and she all time want to know 'Who done it? and if I let on it's me, I know she'll wear out all the slippers and hair-brushes they is paddling my canoe, 'sides switches, so I jus' say 'I do' know, 'm' which all time ain't perzactly the truth.
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