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The two men smoked in silence. Presently Ransom said abruptly: "Dead struck on Mints, ain't ye?" "I am," said Smoky laconically. "Told her so hay?" "'Bout a million times." "What does she say?" Smoky blew some rings of smoke before he answered. "She says 'Shucks!" "That don't sound encouragin'." "It ain't. Fact is, she thinks me a clam." "A clam?" "That's right.
Crane did first-rate; I'd a been glad to have told him so it would a been so encouragin' to him. Then there wuz another picter in the English section called "The Passing of Arthur" that rousted up deep emotions. I'd hearn Thomas J. read so much about Arthur, and that round extension table of hisen, that I seemed to be well acquainted with him and his mates.
And I couldn't refrain from sayin' in encouragin', happy axents, "Haint you glad now, Josiah Allen, that you listened to your pardner; haint you glad that you haint a goin' round in a low necked coat and vest, a callin' up the blush of skern and outraged modesty to the cheeks 'of noble and modest men?"
As for us Chevy Chasers, we parallels the hunt, an' continyoos poundin' the Skinner turnpike abreast of the pack, ever an' anon givin' a encouragin' shout as we briefly sights our game. "'Gents, says Colonel Sterett, as he ag'in refreshes himse'f, 'it's needless to go over that hunt in detail.
I'd like to know just how it was done. Oh, she got it, all right. And it must have been mighty convincin', for when Vee and I drives up to the Ellinses that night after dinner to see if they'd noticed any difference in the cook, or if she'd dropped any encouragin' hints, I nearly got hugged by Mrs. Robert. "Oh, you wonderful young person!" says she. "You did manage it, didn't you?" "Eh?" says I.
I didn't call that a very encouragin' beginnin', but my mind was made up not to let it be my fault 'f the horse was a dead waste o' fifty cents, 'n' so I said to him 't if he'd marry any woman with a little money he could easy buy the little Jones farm right next him, 'n' then 't 'd be 's clear 's day that it 'd be his own fault if he didn't soon stretch right from the brook to the road.
I never told you that 'ere story, nor your mother neither, for she could not stand it, poor critter, she's kinder narvous. I was among the last that remained behind the breast-work, for most on 'em, arter the second shot, cut and run full split. The British were close to us; and an officer, with his sword drawn, was leading on his men, and encouragin' them to the charge.
A lettuce san'wich ain't encouragin' to confidence, so I up and says, 'What are me favorite colors, lady? Well, speakin' from experience, they is ham and eggs. "She took a tumble to herself and sent me out some of the best and a bottle of Red Cross beer with it."
"Ye may set yir mind at rest aboot her ladyship, Maister John. She's stronger than I've ever seen her, and I can say no more than that, nor have I ever marked her more active, baith by nicht and day, and in spite o' her lord being so far awa and in sic peril, ye would never think she had an anxious thought. It's amazin' an' ... very encouragin' to see her ladyship sae content an' ... occupied.
My turn came as soon as the latch was clicked. "Now, Torchy," says she, chummy and encouragin', as she slips into an old-rose armchair and waves me towards another. I'm still gazin' at the door, wonderin' if Mr. Robert has jumped down the elevator shaft or is takin' it out on the lever juggler. "Ah, say, Miss Hampton!" says I. "Why throw the harpoon so hasty when he was doin' his best?"
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