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One afternoon Dick, who had gone trout fishing alone, returned with so small a string of the speckled ones that some of Tom's bass had to be added to the supper that night. "I've been doing rather an unsportsmanlike thing, I fear," admitted Dick. "Then 'fess up!" ordered Tom Reade. "The trout are beginning to bite poorly," Prescott went on. "The fact is, we've all but cleaned up the stream."
"Rin an' fess het watter as fest's ye can, Grizzie," said the laird. "My dear Lady Joan, go and dress, or you will be frozen to death. We will do all we can. Cosmo, get the fire up as quickly as possible it is not quite out. But first you and I must get him into bed, and cover him up warm, and I will rub his hands and feet till the hot water comes." As the laird said, everyone did.
And how dey should go widout her; and how de shamwalley should hide himse'f in my ladyship's room, unbeknownst to her; and how dey should all come back and bust open de door and find him in dere; and how he should 'fess a lie as my ladyship invited him dere, and was in de habit ob so doing "
Dar was one mawnin' I sot at my do' reflectin' on de Gawsp'l, an' de Yanks come jest a tarin' down de road, licketty switch, licketty switch, yellin' like de debil let loose, en firin' of dere pistols, an' I gotter 'fess I los' a heap a courage dat time an' I los' a heap o' breath runnin' 'way from 'em en outer sight.
"I think Steve does know, for he talked about debts of honour the day I gave him " There Rose stopped short and turned scarlet. But Archie ordered her to "fess," and had the whole story in five minutes, for none dared disobey the Chief. He completed her affliction by putting a five-dollar bill into her pocket by main force, looking both indignant and resolute as he said,
Syne cam the soon' o' moanin' an' greitin' an' prayin'. "The neist meenute they war back again amo' the lave, luikin' like twa corps. "Er' lang they bethoucht themsels, an twa o' them set oot an aff thegither for the priory that's whaur yer ain hoose o' Lossie noo stan's, my lord, to fess a priest.
The night before Thanksgiving everything was ready, and I was so tired I could hardly talk to Jimmy Nelson when he dropped in. Jimmy had something on his mind, I saw that. So I said, "'Fess up, Jimmy, and then you'll be able to enjoy your call." "I want to ask a favour of you, Aunt Patty," said Jimmy.
"Why, Missis said I must 'fess; and I couldn't think of nothin' else to 'fess," said Topsy, rubbing her eyes. "But, of course, I didn't want you to confess things you didn't do," said Miss Ophelia; "that's telling a lie, just as much as the other." "Laws, now, is it?" said Topsy, with an air of innocent wonder.
"But, naturally, I can't help feeling a certain interest in any striking and novel case that I may read about." "And I haven't a doubt," laughed Grace, "that you wish that you were back in harness again a dozen times a day. Come now 'fess up. Don't you?" "Sometimes," granted her husband, with a smile. "You know I loved my work.
Robert turned at once. 'Go on, he said. She led the way up a narrow stone stair between two houses. A door high up in the gable admitted them. The boards bent so much under his weight that Robert feared the floor would fall. 'Bide ye there, sir, till I fess a licht, she said. This was Robert's first introduction to a phase of human life with which he became familiar afterwards.
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