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Updated: June 19, 2025
"Life won't be the same again, John; we shan't get another like the good man," said Mrs. Macdonald, as they neared home. "No," said John, slowly. "But if he don't make a fuss about it, no more won't we; he's sure about the call, and he dursn't disobey. But now we'll save for the collectin'!" "What collectin'?" "They'll make him a present.
And I want to know what you mean by collectin' such a crowd of steerage junk that my customers can't get in without bein' mobbed? Howled for us to take their pictures, and mentioned your name." "Oh! Pictures!" and Eggy seems to get the key. "Why, I I'd forgotten." "Can you beat that?" says I. "He'd forgotten! Well, they hadn't. But what's the idea, anyway?
"Oh, I wasna mindin' that, Andra," replied Peter, trying to make Andrew believe that he had not guessed the truth. "I'll take the collectin wi' ye, an' Black Jock can gang to hell if he likes." "No, Peter, ye'll do naethin' o' the kind. I'll take it mysel'." And Andrew would not move from that decision.
"The busy bee," he mumbled, "can sting other folks. He don't get stung much himself. Collectin' honey's easier, I cal'late, than collectin' money." Captain Sam grunted. "Are you stung again?" he demanded. "Who did it this time?" Jed pointed with the hammer to an envelope lying on a pile of wooden crows. The captain took up the envelope and inspected its contents.
The ragged man seemed surprised. "See here, gov'nor," said he. "If you're collectin', I could let you have one half-price." "He took me unawares," said I. "What else would the bloke do when you bashed his hat?" said the maiden from the dingle. By this time I was able to straighten myself up by the aid of the oaken bar which formed the top of the stile.
None of my business. I'm here to push the booze." "And you'll do your collectin' with a gun, or go broke, if it's Red Summers and his friends." "Tryin' to scare me because you are?" asked the bartender. "Red helped Kennedy out of a mix once. Kennedy is his friend." "But Joe ain't here. What's gettin' into you? How do you know it is Red, anyway? You act queer." "I got a hunch," said Saunders.
"He laughed when I said this, an' told me he wos collectin' them to take home to be looked at. But that's not wot I was goin' to tell ye about him," continued Joe; "I wos goin' to tell ye how we made him eat horseflesh. He carried a revolver, too, this natter-list did, to load wi' shot as small as dust a'most, an' shoot little birds with. I've seed him miss birds only three feet away with it.
It's all been settled except a few weeks lately. I'm collectin', and I ought to know. "I ain't much of a hand at lying, and she saw straight through me. I guess what was going on in her head helped her, for she looked as if she was about to faint. 'It's mighty little for me to do, to get to see you, I went on. 'It's my only chance. Your people would never let me in at the front gate.
I believe I'm pretty nigh the last man in this county to drive a horse, as 'tis. Makes me feel like what Sol Dadgett calls a cracked teapot a 'genuine antique. One of these city women will be collectin' me some of these days. Better look out, mother." Olive sighed happily. "It does me good to hear you joke again, Zelotes," she said. "He didn't joke much, Albert, while when we thought you you "
And take it from me, there ain't any game like it, pilin' out of your berth at a new pitch every mornin', breakfast in the mess car on the sidin', strollin' out to the grounds and watchin' the pegs sunk, drivin' around town to take a glance at the paper display, formin' on for the parade, sizin' up the sidewalk crowds, and a couple of hours later seein' 'em collectin' from all sides around the big top; then at night, when you've had two big houses, to check up the receipts and figure out how much you are to the good.
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