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Updated: May 14, 2025
Always de forester let de poor folks come into de wood and carry off de limbs dat fall, and de dead trees. Und if de rich farmer have maybe a liddle more manure dan he need, he let de poor man come and take some for his land. De poor folks don't git such wages like here, but dey lives chust as comfortable.
"No," said the unruffled speaker, "I chust said I vill come; yes; to show her a new vay to remoof, remoof? is sat English? So? A new vay to remoof old stains." "A new way " responded Fontenette, with an air of gravest interest in all matters of laundry. "Yes," she repeated, as simply as a babe, "a new vay; and I sought I come now so to go home viss mine hussbandt."
She had come, she said and scarcely on the lips of the loveliest Creole did I ever hear a more bewitching broken-English she had come according to a half-promise made to Mrs. Fontenette to show her "I tidn't etsectly promised, I chust said I vill some time come " "And Mrs. Fontenette didn't object," I playfully interrupted
"Chust vot I say," said Hans. "Der better der quicker." "How can you let him know?" "One of us might row ashore," said Fred. "The others ought to stay behind to watch affairs." "I'll go ashore," said Songbird promptly. "You'll have to have one of the sailors row you." "I know it. I can take Hollbrook, he's a pretty decent sort of chap and I know he can row well."
"Yes " the victim murmured at length. "Shall I fetch M. Tabareau? for you will have a good deal on your hands before long. M. Tabareau is the most honest man in the quarter, you see." "Yes. Mennesir Dapareau! Somepody vas speaking of him chust now " said Schmucke, completely beaten. "Very well. You can be quiet, sir, and give yourself up to grief, when you have seen your deputy."
But not the worth of a handful of oatmeal could the bailiff lay hands on, because my grandfather had chust exactly taken the precaution to give a bill of sale on his gear to his neighbor, Alexander Frazer, that could be trusted to do what was right after the law play was over.
"I chust come, and vos putting on mine odder coat ven I heard an explosion vich knock me mine feets off, and I rund out like I vos killed, and der whole place was on fire in two seconds already." "Was Larry killed?" asked Frank. Larry was the engineer and porter around the place. "No, he vos out, getting a pite to eat," replied the shipping-clerk.
You remember dat?" she wiped her eyes. "I got a pot-pie today, and green peas, chust a few, out of my own garden." "Bring them along, please. We don't get anything but canned stuff in camp." Some railroad men came in for lunch. Mrs. Voigt beckoned Claude off to the end of the counter, where, after she had served her customers, she sat down and talked to him, in whispers.
"My, you look good in dem clothes," she said patting his sleeve. "I can remember some wars, too; when we got back dem provinces what Napoleon took away from us, Alsace and Lorraine. Dem boys is passed de word to come and put tar on me some night, and I am skeered to go in my bet. I chust wrap in a quilt and sit in my old chair." "Don't pay any attention to them.
"Quite right, my boy, quite right; though I must say I would like to wait till a real munister comes out; for although Mr Sutherland iss a fery goot man, an' an elder too, he iss not chust exactly a munister, you know, as I have said before. But have it your own way, Tan. If my little lass is willin', old Tuncan McKay won't stand in your way."
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