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I ought to be sent to the hospital, too. It'll be something to write home to father and mother, and they'll put it in the paper and the folks'll talk about it. Gracious, there's a bugle blowing again. Wonder what that means?" "That's the Headquarters bugle," said Si, pricking up his ears. "That's 'Attention. Git your traps together, boys. 'Assembly' 'll come next."
"Oh, nothin' much; I asked him about him visitin' me, an' he said it wa'n't just customary. Said it was better to get married. Said we must avoid the appearance of evil." "Well, I ain't sayin' he ain't right; but " Then, in despair, she turned to ridicule: "Folks'll say you're marryin' him 'cause you expect he'll make money on his ghost-machine!" "Well, you tell 'em I don't believe in ghosts.
Then, you see, you're known to be in town, and if you pike the trail to-night folks'll get guessing. Then, you see, it's my business to be out they expect it of me. Then if things go wrong which I don't guess they will my name stinks a bit around here, and, well, a bit more or less don't cut any ice. Then there's another thing Elia. You've got to keep a close eye on him, sure.
His eyes were searching the sunlit avenue ahead, where the drooping willow branches hung like floral stalactites in a cavern of ripe foliage. "It's queer how folks'll cut out the things they're yearning for because other folks are yearning to hand 'em on to them."
Women in long white aprons were hurrying to and fro, getting ready to serve the meal. Bob followed his parents and the captain into the edifice. "Is everything all ready?" asked Ted Neefus in a whisper as he approached Bob. "Don't come near me," was the cautious answer. "Folks'll suspect if they see us together." So Ted quickly glided away and was lost in the crowd.
You better brace up, he says, 'or folks'll be callin' you a faded flower. 'Well, says I, 'I may be faded, but there's one old p'ison ivy around here that's fresh enough to make up. Oh, I squashed HIM all righty, but I never took no comfort out of doin' it. I ain't took no comfort for the last two, three days. But now Whew!" The letter to Cousin Gussie was written that very afternoon. Mr.
"Pretty long drive," observed the man, looking out of the little window dubiously. "Well, but," she persisted, "you see the child's got to go all the way afoot, and it'll take so long that his folks'll be killed, murdered, tomahawked, and scalped, afore he can git there."
Madison, I reckon we'll just get these effects of your'n onto the wagon an' move along folks'll be gettin' kinder rambunctious for their mail." Hiram Higgins backed the democrat around, roped the baggage onto the tail-board, picked up the hungry-looking mail-bag from where the mail clerk had slung it from the car to the platform, threw it down in front of the dashboard, and got in after it.
Them two men of Cap'n Ambrose's is drowned, and they'll come ashore some'er's near the inlet, and you and Parks better hunt 'em up. They live up to Barnegat, ye know, and their folks'll be wantin' 'em." It was strange how calm he was. His sense of duty was now controlling him. Tod had raised himself to his feet when the captain had begun to speak and stood with his wet sou'wester in his hand.
Lulu looked at him with parted lips. "Say," she said, "I never thought about it being that." Dwight laughed. "What did you think it was? And whose disgrace is it, pray?" "Ninian's," said Lulu. "Ninian's! Well, he's gone. But you're here. And I'm here. Folks'll feel sorry for you. But the disgrace that'd reflect on me. See?" "But if we don't tell, what'll they think then?"
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