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So, look out! An' bress your soul, Mah'sr Harry, I did have to look out, fur sich a drefful time as I did have, 'specially wid dat yaller hoss, I nebber did see." When Harry's mother heard that he had gone off to try and meet the horse-hunters she was quite anxious about him. But Mr. Loudon laughed at her fears.
"But um so heaby, Mass' George, and poor Pomp drefful hot an' tire." "Dreadful lazy you mean," I cried, angrily. "Come, sir." "Now, Mass' George cross again, and goin' break poor lil nigger heart," he whimpered. "Stuff! Sham! Lay hold of that head." "Break um back den, carry dat great heaby thing." "It will not. You didn't think it heavy when you dragged it along with the axe."
He's got de drefful temper; got it each side ob de house father and mother, bofe. I hope de good Massa above will make 'lowances for de young man got it bofe ways, he did." And he went thoughtfully back to his work, murmuring hopes and apologies for the man he loved, with all the forgiving unselfishness of a prayer in them. In some respects Plato was right.
So I'll go and stir you up some pills in my marble mortar." "O, dear me, doctor; don't you now! Bring me some lemonade and nuts, for I'm drefful sick; but don't bring me no pills nor molters!" "Poh, only brown bread, Dotty! what do you suppose?" Upon the whole, Miss Dimple, being petted to her heart's content, had quite a comfortable day of it. In the evening she asked,
"Wal, Cap'n Eb he picked him up, and built up the fire, and sort o' comforted him up, 'cause the crit-tur was in distress o' mind that was drefful.
Ebony ignored the interruption, and continued "So, you see, I dream berry bad mos' drefful dreams! Yes. Well, what I dream was dis. I see Massa Zeppa forced by de pierits to walk de plank " "What's that?" asked Tomeo. Waroonga looked at Ebony for an explanation, and then translated
They're drefful sheftless lot, these yere Mexicans; 'n' the Injuns is wuss. Naow when I say Injuns, I don't never mean yeow, yer know thet. Yer ain't ever seemed to me one mite like an Injun." "Most of our people haven't had any chance," said Ramona. "You wouldn't believe if I were to tell you what things have been done to them; how they are robbed, and cheated, and turned out of their homes."
"Come in, girls," she invited. "We can get dry, and Will can go for some decent things for you three." "I'll go, too!" exclaimed Percy, eagerly. And for once the girls were glad of his services. Up the walk went the four bedraggled ones. The twins saw them coming, and, grave-eyed and solemn, came down to meet them. "Oo's wet," remarked Dodo. "Drefful wet," echoed Paul.
He war de biggest guzzler I eber seed in my life. Why, dat man he drunk up ebery thing he could lay his han's on. Sometimes he would go 'roun' tryin' to borrer money from pore cullud folks. 'Twas rale drefful de way dat pore feller did frow hisself away. But drink did it all. I tell you, Bobby, dat drink's a drefful thing wen it gits de upper han' ob you. You'd better steer clar ob it."
His wondrous words and pious prayers had struck upon the hearts of the imbruted blacks, who had been the instruments of cruelty upon him; and, the instant Legree withdrew, they took him down, and, in their ignorance, sought to call him back to life, as if that were any favor to him. "Sartin, we 's been doin' a drefful wicked thing!" said Sambo; "hopes Mas'r'll have to 'count for it, and not we."
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