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I understood it then, the whole thing from the beginnin'; an' I felt dazed an' shocked, as if some one had struck me a blow in the face. I wan't brought up ter think lyin' an' deceivin' was right. "I got up by an' by an' left the house. I paid poor Jimmy's bill fer clothes the clothes that I knew he wore when he stood tall an' straight in the doorway ter meet his mother's adorin' eyes.
Why, he went over home; don't think he's a goin' down with us we don't need him. Now, jest set us out some of them cold snap beans an' a hunk of co'n bread, fur the wagon will be here putty soon." "Jasper," she said, blocking the way into the house, "your air deceivin' of me."
"You don't say so!" said the woman, looking disappointed. She had taken a great fancy to the sweet young face. "Well, dearie, why not stay here a little while, and write to your folks, and then go on with some one who is going your way? I don't like to see you go off with that man. It ain't the proper thing. He knows it himself. I'm afraid he's deceivin' you.
It's deceivin' the old man, in one way, of course, but it isn't doin' him a bit of harm. And it does give the young folks a pleasant time, and I think they deserve it. Lulie has been as kind and forbearin' with her father as a daughter could be, and Nelson has been more patient than the average young fellow, by a good deal."
You's a sweet, good girl; an' he's a fine man. But harm's come to more'n one. Where'd you take up with each other? Be he a neighbor? He looks like a man from way off, not hereabouts. You sure he ain't deceivin' you, dearie?" The girl flashed her eyes in answer. "Yes, I'm sure. He's a good man. He prays to our Father. No, he's not a neighbor, nor an uncle, nor a cousin.
Ye shall have the pick av the best quality in my rigimint for the dinner you have given this day. Thin I came hot-foot to you two. Hould your tongue, the both. 'Tis this way. To-morrow we three will go there an' he shall have his pick betune me an' Jock. Jock's a deceivin' fighter, for he is all fat to the eye, an' he moves slow. Now I'm all beef to the look, an' I move quick.
"If my eyes is not deceivin' me, that's the very pattern we've a whole set on the bowls shouldn't ought to be sold separate, but to oblige you we'll see what the missus will do," and again he turned to go. The children looked at each other.
An' up that loft I go, tromple or no tromple the hay, an' before the sun sets another time on this deceivin' world." Therefore, eggs Katharine would obtain and then instruct; and, announcing this decision, Montgomery did his best to aid her in the search. Nor was it unsuccessful.
Not one of the men had been more than three years on the place, and therefore their minds were clean slates on which Swann could write his own impressions. "Appearances is deceivin'" concluded the foreman. "Look at Mrs. Dan Barry. They tell you around these parts that she's pretty, but they don't tell you how damned fine lookin' she is.
The widow retired, fighting, the people pressing her. "I'll have the law on him," screamed Mrs. Spink. "I'll have a thousand pounds damages for breach of promise. I'll teach him, deceivin' a lone widder, the villain!" Outside she enlarged upon her wrongs, telling the crowd of the infamous conduct of these actors, who go about the country imposing upon innocence and virtue.
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