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"Seth's real honest, an' an', far be it for me to say it, he's consequent a foolhead. What's dollars when folks love? Pshaw! me an' Rube didn't think o' no dollars." "Guess we hadn't no dollars to think of, Ma," murmured Rube in a ponderous aside. "Wal? An' if we had?" Ma smiled defiantly at her "old man." "Wal, mebbe we'd 'a' tho't of 'em." The farmwife turned away in pretended disgust.
"'Then stop, you foolhead! I bellers. 'Stop where you be! "And he moans almost cryin' he was: 'I I've forgotten how to STOP. "Talk about your situations! If we wa'n't in one then I miss my guess. Every minute we was sinkin' Denboro below the horizon. "'We MUST get to a doctor, says the widow. 'Where is there another one, Mr. Wingate?
"Guess Seth has queer notions. Mighty queer. I 'low, knowin' him as I do, I could say right here that that boy 'ud ask her right off, only fer her friends an' her dollars. He's a foolhead, some." Mrs. Rickards laughed again. "In England these things are usually an inducement," she said significantly. "Seth's a man," said Ma with some pride.
Out on the old Hog's Back we never had no visitors to speak of and we used to hanker for 'em. Here, by Godfreys, they don't give us no time to hanker for nothin'. And they ask such foolhead questions! One woman, she says to me yesterday, she says I was showin' her the foghorn, and says she: 'Do you have to turn a crank to make it go? Think of that!
He tried to rise, but the tangle of twigs before him seemed impenetrable, so he gave it up and remained where he was. Then, after an interval, came a hail from the darkness. "Hi, there! Mr. Graves, ahoy! Hurt, be you?" "No," the lawyer's tone was doubtful. "No o, I I guess not. That you, Captain?" "Yes, it's me. Stand still, you foolhead! Quit your hoppin' up and down!"
Thankful'll miss the horse and team, I cal'late, but I'll fix that; I'll leave a note sayin' I took the critter, bein' called away on business." "Yes, but what will I tell Kenelm?" "Don't tell him anything, the foolhead.
Gabe didn't intend to be "corked" thus peremptorily. "It's pretty important news, Georgianna," he declared. "Kind of bad news, too. I think I'd ought to prepare you for it, sort of. When Cap'n Obed Pepper died, I " "DIED! For the land sakes! WHAT are you sayin'? Give me that, you foolhead! Give it to me!" She snatched the telegram from him and tore it open.
If she does not go then, we will put an 'egspert' in her and sink them both. What?" Altogether, it was a wonderful evening. The only fly in the ointment was Azuba, who appeared just as the visitors were at the door, to announce that "that foolhead of a grocer's boy" hadn't brought the things she ordered and what they was going to do for breakfast she didn't know.
"Why," he stammered, "it's it's to home. Er er that's where I keep it, you know." "Humph!" Captain Jethro's scorn was withering. "And home is eleven mile away or such matter. How much good is your bein' able to play on it goin' to do us when 'tain't here for you to play on?" There were discreet snickers from the dimness. Mrs. Hardin's voice was audible, saying, "There, I told you so, foolhead."
I guess I shall be if I ever get over thinkin' what a foolhead I was. So Zuba was part of it all, hey? And John, too? He was in it, I presume likely." Gertrude's expression changed; so did her tone. "We won't talk about John, Daddy," she said. "Please don't." "Why not? I want to talk about him. In a way yes, sir! in a way I ain't sure that that I didn't have a hand in spoilin' that, too.
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