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"What are you thinkin' about, Jim?" asked his mother after many a sidelong glance at him. "Cheer up!" "Ain't there no other first steps?" he asked gloomily. "Not for you, Jim. And it's lucky you are that you don't loike the dustin' and the dishwashin'." Jim was evidently mystified. "Because, do you see, Jim, iverybody has got to larn sooner or later to do things they don't loike to do.
Dustin was already dropping her nickel in and when Peter came up she was shaking out an empty purse. "Why, Peter, what's the matter with these machines? I guess I didn't work them right. I've dropped all my money in, and I haven't gotten a thing. It's the money I was saving for the framing of that picture Mr. Rollins gave me. Don't you think you can get it for me?
You better let me do all the talking at first." Joe nodded and with that they came abreast of the curtained windows and stood still for a second to gather up their courage. Then Mrs. Dustin very quietly opened the door and stepped in with Joe. She stood smiling at the door and at sight of her the noise stopped as if by magic.
"Now, Rosemary," she said, briskly, "after you get the dishes done and the kitchen cleaned up, I want you should go to the post-office and get my paper. When you come back, you can do the sweepin' and dustin' down here and I can set in the kitchen while you're doin' it. Then you can make the beds and do the up-stairs work and then go to the store.
"I ought reely to be dustin' this room ... only of course you're in it!" John apologised to her. "I'm interfering with your work," he murmured in confusion. "Ow, no you ain't. It don't matter if it's dusted or not ... reely. Only Aunt goes on about it. Mr. 'Inde wouldn't notice if it was never dusted. I think he likes dust reely.
The undertaker peered into the shallow grave. "This hole looks like a chicken had been dustin' itself." "You'd think it was deep enough if you was diggin' in these rocks and drawin' only $5.00 for it," was the tart reply. "I told you I wouldn't dig but three feet for that money. 'Tain't like diggin' in nice, easy Nebrasky soil. Gimme $10 a grave an' I'll dig 'em regalation depth."
Corblay was dead, why in blue blazes didn't you or some other woman in this heartless village go down there and comfort that child? I've asked three of your neighbors already, but they're washin' or dustin' or cookin' or somethin'." "I was so terrible shocked like when I heard it " "Well, if the shock's over, for decency's sake, Mrs.
He determined to call on that lady at once and see if he could learn what message Thomas had taken her and from whom. But he had not much time for thought as Mrs. Pill opened a door to the right of a narrow passage and pushed him in. "An' now I'll go back to my dustin'," said the cook, hurrying away. Jennings found himself face to face with Juliet.
The yell had roused the others, and a squaw with a child fled to the woods, while the tenth, a young warrior, was assailed by Mrs. Dustin and the lad and slain ere he was fully awake. Ten of the twelve were dead, and the escaped prisoners, after scuttling all the boats save one, to prevent pursuit, started in that down the river, with what provisions they could take from the Indians.
"Well, anyhow, those miserable men things around that stove just smiled at Uncle Tony like so many Judases and all commenced talking at once. But Mrs. Dustin didn't give them much chance. She just took up all Uncle Tony's attention and time.
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