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A conversation was in progress, which continued thus: "Be as 'twill, she's a fine handsome body as far's looks be concerned. But that's only the skin of the woman, and these dandy cattle be as proud as a lucifer in their insides." "Ay so 'a do seem, Billy Smallbury so 'a do seem."
"Some love the matin-chimes, which toll The hour of prayer to sinner: But better far's the mid-day bell, Which speaks the hour of dinner; For when I see a smoking fish, Or capon drown'd in gravy, Or noble haunch on silver dish, Full glad I sing mine ave. "My pulpit is an ale-house bench, Whereon I sit so jolly; A smiling rosy country wench My saint and patron holy.
It's wiping out the path you made when you broke through. How far's the ranch now?" "Close to five miles." Both men had lowered their voices almost to a whisper. "It's going to be a near thing, Sam. Your men are played out. Harley will never make it without help. From now on every mile will be worse than the last." Yesler nodded quietly. "Some one has got to go ahead for help.
"Files, don't run down your home town," rasped Mr. Britt. "What has been run down as far's it can be run can't be run no farther," said the landlord. "And I 'ain't said why the name Egypt fits the town, for that matter." Britt's ugly stare was taking the spirit out of the landlord's rebelliousness. "Suppose you do say!" counseled Mr. Britt, menace in his tones.
"I thought they'd try to sneak back during the night. What can they be up to? You don't think they've abandoned us entirely?" "Now ye got me," said Jarrow. "I guess Peth's crazy in his head. He's got 'em all buggy on this gold business, far's I can see. All right, let 'em stick to Peth." "But they'll starve," said Trask. "Suppose they did find gold in piles? What good would it do them?
"Well," she observed, "I don't want to be unlikely and disobligin'. Far's he's concerned, he'd rather be traipsin' round the country than stay to home, any day; though it's been so long sence he took ME to ride that I don't know's I'd know how to act." "Why, Ketury!" protested her husband. "How you talk! Didn't I drive you down to the graveyard only last Sunday or the Sunday afore?" "Graveyard!
The Egret shifted her course slightly, and like the snuffing of a light disappeared round the first bend in the river. "Well, I dunno," said White. "So far's I'm concerned the quicker I get my outfit up the river the better I'll like it." "Do you know the river well?" "Reckon I do." "Can you run it by night?" "Shore can especially as it's going to be broad moonlight." "All right," said Roger.
"An' min' ye," said Peter, pursuing the train of his own thoughts, and heedless of Malcolm's, "'at oor Lord himsel' bude whiles to win awa', even frae his dissiples, to be him lane wi' the Father o' 'im." "Ay, ye're richt there, Peter," answered Malcolm, "but there's ae p'int in 't ye maunna forget and that is 'at it was never i' the day-time sae far's I min' 'at he did sae.
On the afternoon of the second day she said to him: "Now, sir, what is the nearest place for me to buy our furniture?" "Why, ain't you goin' to use mine at least's far's it goes?" said the poor Elder. "I thought that was in the bargain." Draxy looked disturbed. "Oh, how careless of me," she said; "I am afraid nothing was said about it.
I suppose I deserve it, but sometimes I think maybe if your father had been different he might have been able to put a stop to the way she's going on. She ain't like any of the Wenches, nor any of the Bumpuses, so far's I'm able to find out. She just don't seem to have any notion about right and wrong. Well, the world has got all jumbled up it beats me."
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