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She wore a home-spun frock and a neat white pinafore, set off with a dainty ribbon tied about her throat. "She's uncommon still when strangers is here, sir," said Mrs. Chaffin; "but law me! she goes rompitin' about the house like as if she was crazy sometimes, ticklin' her father and tryin' t' snip off his beard with the scissors." That night was the beginning of happier days for me.
Blewitt said, quite surly, "No, I don't." "Not know him!" cries master; "why, hang it, Blewitt! he knows YOU; as every sporting man in England does, I should think. Why, man, your good things are in everybody's mouth at Newmarket." And so master went on chaffin Mr. Blewitt.
That music was like a strange story that drops its plummet deep into life's mysteries. "A new song!" said my uncle, turning to me with surprise on his face. "He got the subject from you. We shall see." Presently Rayel entered the room, bringing something in his hand a picture which he held up to the lamplight. A girl's face! and wonderfully like that of Hester Chaffin. I sat amazed, staring at it.
Chaffin out of the goodness of their hearts continued to condole with me on the score that such ham tasted and must taste "reesty" to one not used to it. I had no sooner satisfied their misgivings concerning the ham than I was compelled to take issue with them as to the bread, regarding which they entertained a lurking suspicion of staleness.
Chaffin was waiting for us at the gate when we alighted in front of the old wood-colored cottage that haven of weary legs in days gone by. Mrs. Chaffin was quite beside herself with joy. "Dear-a me!" said the good lady, after the salutations were over. "Dear-a sakes! How you've growed! I didn't think you'd ever live to get s' big.
A curious little sidelight upon the battle is afforded by the two following letters exhibited to the Royal Archaeological Institute by the Rev. C. W. Bingham. 'To Mrs. Chaffin at Chettle House. 'Monday, about ye forenoon, July 6, 1685.
This success was followed up by a gallant assault upon Fort Gilmer, immediately in front of the Chaffin Farm fortifications, in which we were repulsed with heavy loss. Kautz's cavalry was pushed forward on the road to the right of this, supported by infantry, and reached the enemy's inner line, but was unable to get further.
"Eat your 'grub' on the course," said Algernon. "Ne'er a hamper to take up nowheres, is there, sir?" "Do you like the sight of one?" "Well, it ain't what I object to." "Then go fast, my man, and you will soon see plenty." "If you took to chaffin' a bit later in the day, it'd impart more confidence to my bosom," said the cabman; but this he said to that bosom alone.
He seemed to enjoy them, however, and was soon involved in a spree at which both Hester and I laughed heartily. "This herring ain't extra good, sir, but I 'ope it won't go ag'in' ye," said Mrs. Chaffin to Rayel, as we sat down to the table. He seemed in doubt for a moment as to what it would be proper to say in reply to this well-intended remark.
Blewitt's man did: it was, "Well, Mr. Blewitt, what capital seagars! Have you one for a friend to smoak?" Blewitt; and they began a chaffin together; master very ankshous about the young gintleman who had come to live in our chambers, Mr. Dawkins, and always coming back to that subject, saying that people on the same stairkis ot to be frenly; how glad he'd be, for his part, to know Mr.
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