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Ah' now, Miss Anthea mam, seeing you're that rich wi' Master Georgy's fortun', why you can pay back for the furnitur' if so be you're minded to. An' I hope as you agree wi' me as I done it all for the best, Miss Anthea?" Here, Adam unscrewed his hat, and knocked out the wrinkles against his knee, which done, he glanced at Anthea: "Why what is it, Miss Anthea?"
"Oh," said Dick, "I've retired from shines on a fortun', and embarked my capital in mercantile pursuits. I'm in a store on Pearl Street." "What store?" "Rockwell & Cooper's." "How'd you get there?" "They wanted a partner with a large capital, and so they took me," said Dick. "We're goin' to do a smashin' business.
Old Dan McEachran will make your fortun' for this, and I don't begrudge it. You're a man that's so. If ever I hear any feller saying to the contrayry he's got to lick Red Dick Humphreys." And he told them the particulars of his practical joke in making a Windego track round Madore's shanty. "Hermidas Dubois? oh, he's all right," said Red Dick. "He's at home at St. Agathe.
Yes, that is me; that is my haypun which I wear as becomes a publican those is the checkers which hornyment the pillows of my dor. I am like the Romin Genral, St. Cenatus, equal to any emudgency of Fortun. I, who have drunk Shampang in my time, aint now abov droring a pint of Small Bier.
"He'll be apt to be pickin' wan o' the young ones I shouldn't wonder if it was yourself, Maggie." "If it wasn't for the money I dare say you'd have as good a chance as the rest of us," said Maggie, mollified by this tribute; "but of course the father wouldn't hear of any girl without a fortun'."
Workin' at it in od times by and large, sometimes afore sun up and sometimes after sundown, and all the time keeping up a day's work on the clame for a show to the boys, I emassed a honist fortun in 2 years of 50,000 dolers and still am. But it will be askd by the incredjulos Reeder How did you never let out anything to Injian Spring, and How did you get rid of your yeald?
'Why, only see how easy they might have been stronger, sir, said Mark, 'if it wasn't for the envy of that uncommon fortun of mine, which is always after me, and tripping me up. The night we landed here, I thought things did look pretty jolly. I won't deny it. I thought they did look pretty jolly. 'How do they look now? groaned Martin. 'Ah! said Mark, 'Ah, to be sure. That's the question.
"Well, I don't see as how it shouldn't," replied Alice. "It's mis'ess's fortun' as 'as been my misfortun' ain't it now, sir? An' why shouldn't it be the other way next?" "I don't quite see how your mistress's fortune can be said to be your misfortune, Alice." "Anybody would see that, sir, as wasn't blinded by class-prejudices." "Class-prejudices!" exclaimed Mr. Greatorex, in surprise at the word.
'I admire at your good fortun, cap'en. You might loan me a corkscrew at the same time, and half-a-dozen glasses if you liked. However bad the elements combine against my country's noble packet-ship, the Screw, sir, said the colonel, turning to Martin, and drawing a flourish on the surface of the deck with his cane, 'her passage either way is almost certain to eventuate a spanker!
"The ould fellow knows me A'nt Bridget had a nice little fortun', an' I'll engage he made sure the three of yous has a share in the business." "Young nieces," soliloquised Matilda, looking pensively at Bridget and Mary. "Young daughters, too, if ye please," returned Bridget with spirit, and her glance fell upon Juliana. "Well, go on, Ju, finish it," said Mrs. McNally, laughing immoderately.
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