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Edwards jumped, startled out of his respectable wits. Mrs. Dunn rose indignantly from her chair. "I beg your pardon, ma'am," said the intruder, appearing in the doorway. "You mustn't think I'm forcin' my way where I ain't wanted.
Una Dhun O'Brien to think of me! nonsense, man; that cock would never fight." "Very well; divil a morsel of us is forcin' you to b'lieve it. I suppose the mother o' you has your wooden spoon to the fore still. I'd kiss the Bravery you didn't come into the world wid a silver ladle in your mouth, anyhow.
When they came to the garage the lawyer halted, more winded than Bub, and demanded sharply: "What is needed to put the car in shape to run?" "Tires, gas'line, oil 'n' water." "The tires are in the cellar, you say? Get them out or I'll skin you alive." Bub nodded, grinning. "Forcin' of me, afore a witness, lets me out," he remarked, cheerfully, and straightway went for the tires.
Freddy had always been accustomed to a nice breakfast of tea and toast and jam, but Howard insisted on ordering oatmeal for him. "Naw, Freddy can't stand oatmeal," Florette objected. "It's good for him," said Howard, staring severely at his son across the white-topped restaurant table. "I don' see no use forcin' a person to eat what they can't stomach," said Florette.
"Oh, yes," says he, forcin' a smile. "Her doll. She she still has that, has she?" "Uh-huh!" says I, watchin' him keen. "I'm keepin' close track of both." That little touch did the business. He begins pacin' up and down his cell, wringin' his hands. About the fourth lap he stops. "If I only could take her to Australia," says he, "and get her out of of all this, I would be willing to to "
"I want you to go to your grandpa and talk to him once more. Not givin' up your plans altogether but not forcin' him to give up his either, not right away. Tell him you realize he wants you to go on with Z. Snow and Company and that you will for a while " "But " "For a while, I said; three or four years, say. You won't be so dreadful old then, not exactly what you'd call a Methusalem.
"Chances are, there wouldn't be enough berries to surprise you none pleasant. Anyhow, that would be kind of forcin' your luck. Follerin' the same line of reasoning a man ort to hunt out a cactus to set on so's he could be surprised pleasant if it turned out to be a Burbank one." "You're hopeless," laughed the girl. "But look the moonlight on the peaks! Isn't it wonderful!
"'Taking up a trunk, as every hotel-keeper does and has a right to do, and examinin' the name on the brass plate to the eend on't, is one thing; forcin' the lock and ransackin' the contents, is another. One is precaution, the other is burglary. "'It tante burglary, sais I, 'unless the lodger sleeps in his trunk. It's only "'Well, says he, a colourin' up, 'that's technical.
As for forcin' my company on you, though, that well, that's different. I cal'late you won't have to worry any more. Good night." He thrust his hands into his pockets and walked slowly from the library. Stephen, the "man of the family," was the only member of the household, servants excepted, who slept soundly that night.
Ain't you never going to learn that a man must gamble a bit on the cards still waiting to be dealt?" And again, confidently: "He's worried of course he is! He ain't enjoyin' his meditations a little bit these days, but he's enjoyin' 'em more all by himself than he would be if we were up there with him, forcin' him to look everlastingly like four aces, when it's deuces at present he's holding.
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