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It smells so good that if you don't give it to me I'll have to take it from you." Jarvis grinned cheerfully. Harry saw that his father had already made a skillful appeal to the mountaineer's pride. "Ike, you lunkhead," he said to his nephew, "I told the colonel to set, but we did'nt give him anythin' to set on. Pull up them blocks o' wood fur him an' his son.
He then bowed again, and was going to mount and ride away, when Ralph said, "Stop, Tom!" Tom accordingly stopped. Ralph looked from the donkey to Mr. Jinks, and from Mr. Jinks to the donkey; then he laughed. "I say, my dear fellow," he observed, "you wanted a horse, did'nt you?" "I did, sir," said Mr. Jinks. "What do you say to a donkey?" Mr.
What a good hit she give Deacon Grover that night when he come in with his ideas of nothin' spillin' over. She talked good common sense, and hew as the subject, for it was all about a hypocrite. He did'nt stay to see if he could get a mug of cider to save his own, but set mighty uneasy and was off for home before eight o'clock. That done me good."
Sam, says she, I do believe you won't wind that are twine off all night, do give it to January, I won't stay no longer, I'm een a most dead asleep. The old feller's arm is so plaguy onsteady, says I, it won't do; but hark, what's that, I'm sure I heerd something in the ash saplin, did'nt you Sall?
"Yes sir." "And this Emily, when did she come here?" "Oh it must be eleven months or so ago." "An Irish girl?" "O no, American. She is not a common person, sir." "What do you mean by that? That she was educated, lady-like, pretty, or what?" "I don't know what to say. She was educated, yes, but not as you would call a lady educated. Yet she knew a great many things the rest of us did'nt.
Thinks I, here's a pretty how do you do; I'm in for it now, that's a fact; he'll jist fall to and read a regular sarmon, and he knows so many by heart hell never stop. It would take a Philadelphia lawyer to answer him. So, says I, minister, I ax your pardon, I feel very ugly at havin given you offence, but I did'nt mean it, I do assure you.
But I don't see," sez he a stoppin' to rest, for he seemed tuckered out, "I don't see how the savages got round as they did and performed such journeys. You put 'em on, Samantha," sez he, "and see if you can get on any faster in 'em." Sez I, coldly, "The savages probable did'nt have both feet on one shoe, Josiah Allen, as you have.
It might be a punt. By another. He did'nt know how many boats there were on the lake-side: they had a boat-house at the Hall, by the water's edge, and therefore he concluded something in it; really did'nt know; might be a boat, might be a punt, might be both or neither. By the Coroner.
They both knowed well enough, they only made as if they did'nt, to poke a little fun at them, for the Slick family were counted in a general way to be pretty considerable cute. They reckon themselves here, a chalk above us Yankees, but I guess they have a wrinkle or two to grow afore they progress ahead on us yet. If they hant got a full cargo of conceit here, then I never seed a load, that's all.
I had a real bout with a New Yorker this morning, I run down to the street door, and afore I see'd any body a coming, I let go, and I vow if I did'nt let a chap have it all over his white waistcoat.
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