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Updated: June 10, 2025
You kinder remind me of the widow's cruse, never failin'. 'Tain't many families gets hold of anything like you. Well, I must be sayin' good-night there seems to be several people tryin' to butt in an' use this line, though probably they don't want it for anything important at all.
Spaniard," he said jovially. "It's a failin' uv mine to want to eat whenever I'm hungry, an' since you're invitin', why, I'll jest accept." The door was left open while Luiz and the soldier were inside, but several other soldiers were on guard at the opening, and there was no chance for a dash. But fresh air came in, the cooler air of the evening, and Paul and Long Jim were greatly relieved.
I dunno when I'd git a hoss as good as Josephus " "No nearer'n the boneyard," put in Marty, sotto voce. "Anyhow, I see my failin' sure enough. Never was so reckless b'fore in all my life," pursued Walky. "Mebbe, if I kep' on drinkin' that stuff they sell daown ter the ho-tel, I'd drown both m' hosses havin' drowned m' own brains like twin kittens, in ha'f an inch o' alcohol! Haw! haw! haw!"
I never found out who that young fellow was, and yet I know I've met him somewhere before. I wish I could remember where it was. My memory is failin' me, I guess; must be gettin' old. Can't you remember, Serena?" But his wife bade him stop talking and go to sleep. The next day there were more calls, and Serena was asked to attend a committee meeting as a guest.
It's a sair thing that, gentlemen, to ha' to fight the battle o' life alane: no one to pat ye on th' back, no one to say 'Weel done. It hardly gies a man a chance. For gin he does try and yet fails, men never mind the tryin', they only mark the failin'." "I dinna blame ye. There's somethin' bred in me, it seems, as sets ivery one agin me.
"'Pears to me you must be failin' if you disremembers 'en: son of old Sal Trudgeon, that used to keep the jumble-shop 'cross the water: him that stole our eggs back-along, when father was livin'." "I remember." "I thought you must. Why, you gave evidence, to be sure. Be dashed! now I come to mind, if you wasn' the first to wake the house an' say you heard a man hollerin' out down 'pon the mud."
"'But what made you get a black one, said Harriet, 'why did you not get a dark green or a brown one? "'Why, you see, said Mrs. White, 'the deacon's health is a failin'; he's dreadful low in the top knots lately, and I thought as his time might come very soon, I might as well get a black one while I was a getting. We're all born to die, Miss Harriet; and the deacon is dwindlin' away."
"Oh," said his father vehemently distracted with his horrible affliction; "if there was but any one fault of his that I could remimber now, any one failin' that our treasure had if I could think of a single spot upon his little heart, it would relieve me; but, no, no, there's nothin' of that kind to renumber aginst him.
Ten chances to one but it will happen to me afore mornin'. Look here, Bill Cronk, you jist p'int out of this fiery furnace. You know yer failin', and there's too long and black a score agin you in t'other world for you to go to-night;" and Bill made a bee line for the west side.
"He's risin' six years," said Zebulon, and so he was. "He looks pretty well along," said the widow. "How much boot will you give me?" "Boot!" exclaimed Zebulon. "O, if you talk about boot, I'm off. I ain't no horse jockey, but I know I'm flingin' my hoss good old hoss away by tradin' even. But generosity and consideration for widders specially good-lookin' ones was allers a failin' in my family."
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