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It doesn't make anny diff'rence whether 'tis a polisman or th' Rajah iv Beloochistan, be gorry, put a club in his hand an' tell him that he can use it an' he'll begin usin' it tomorrah.
But Joe felt he was being robbed of the fruits of his effort, and promptly insisted upon his riddle. "What's the diff'rence between Wild Bill an' Minky?" he asked again, this time with added emphasis. He waited impatiently until one of the men shook his head, when he snatched at the opportunity of firing his quip.
There's no family, as I understand; consequently, it makes a bit of diff'rence to Gertie's young man." The girl sighed. "I'm sorry for her," she said. "Very sorry indeed. And it means that my path won't be none the easier!"
"Makes a lot of diff'rence, that does. I was considerable of a bully myself afore Betsy got me on the parson's books. Now I'm the most peaceable critter ever you see. Your turn's comin', Miss Colton. All you got to do is be patient." "Joshua!" said Mrs. Atwood, in mild reproof. "You mustn't mind his talk, Miss Colton. He's a terrible joker." Miss Colton changed the subject.
He coughed, and pulled out the white handkerchief again, and fell to polishing the crystal discs. "Fair," he said slowly. "But there's room for improvement." Johnnie sensed a compassionate note in the answer. "Course I ain't fat," he conceded hastily. "But when Mrs. Kukor gives me filled fish I can see a big diff'rence right away!" "Fat isn't what a boy wants," returned Mr. Perkins.
"I'm not sure 'bout that, Cap'n Bill," she said thoughtfully. "Age MIGHT make a diff'rence, but seems to me SIZE would make a bigger diff'rence. Seeing you're twice as big as me, you ought to be twice as hungry." "I hope I am," he rejoined, "for I can stand it a while longer. I do hope the Glass Cat will hurry, and I hope the Wizard won't waste time a-comin' to us."
We was tryin' ter find out this mornin' what he could do, an' what he wanted ter do, when if he didn't up an' say that his father told him it didn't make so much diff'rence WHAT he did so long as he kept hisself in tune an' didn't strike false notes. Now, what do yer think o' that?" "Yes, I, know" nodded Higgins musingly.
"Aye, an' that's no news to me, but with good folks like you it's different." "No, indeed, I assure you I think that exactly." "Well, now, if it makes no diff'rence, dear, why do ye come down Pogue's entry like a bailiff or a process-sarver?" "I didn't, I just hinted " "Aye, ye hinted an' a wink's as good as a nod to a blind horse.
But we got kinder in a rut I 'xpec'. An' I ain't young and good-lookin' like I use ter be, an' that makes a diff'rence with a man." "I think you're very pleasant to look at, Aunt 'Mira," declared the girl, warmly. "And I don't believe Uncle Jason ever saw a girl he liked to look at so well as you. Of course not!" "But I be gittin' old," sighed the poor woman.
"Don't hev to," said D'ri, calmly. He cut a deep slash in the stick he held, then added: "Don't make no odds ner no diff'rence one way er t' other. I did n't like th' measles, but I hed t' hev 'em." "He'll never permit a marriage with me," I said. "'T ain't nec'sary," he declared soberly. "In this 'ere country don' tek only tew t' mek a bargain. One o' the blessin's o' liberty."
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