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'Tain't possible I'm mistook!" "It scarcely seems possible, I admit. But I'm afraid it is true." I heard the club fall with a clatter. "My godfreys! Do you mean to say ? From Denboro? Out of gasolene! Why why, you've got sail up!" "Nothing but a tarpaulin on an oar." "And you've been cruisin' all night? Through the fog the squall and all?" "Yes," wearily, "yes yes yes."
Rain was liable to beat in, he said. I told him I'd do it, but Godfreys mighty!" The Captain had paid no attention to him and he had entered the room and approached his employer from behind. Now over the latter's shoulder he saw the two photographs. "Godfreys mighty!" cried the startled Isaiah. Shadrach turned and looked at him. "Well," he demanded, "what's the matter?
Good-night, Colonel; good-night, Dominie Sampson; good-night, Dinmont the Downright; good-night, last of all, to the new-found representative of the Bertrams, and the Mac-Dingawaies, the Knarths, the Arths, the Godfreys, the Dennises, and the Rolands, and, last and dearest title, heir of tailzie and provision of the lands and barony of Ellangowan, under the settlement of Lewis Bertram, Esq., whose representative you are.
I've had all the gov'ment jobs I want. Life-savin' service was bad enough, trampin' the condemned beach in a howlin' no'theaster, with the sand cuttin' furrers in your face, and the icicles on your mustache so heavy you got round-shouldered luggin' 'em. But when your tramp was over, you had somebody to talk to. Here, by godfreys! there ain't nothin' nor nobody.
At that time, Italy was the India of all those well-born and penniless adventurers who, like Montreal, had inflamed their imagination by the ballads and legends of the Roberts and the Godfreys of old; who had trained themselves from youth to manage the barb, and bear, through the heats of summer, the weight of arms; and who, passing into am effeminate and distracted land, had only to exhibit bravery in order to command wealth.
The little room was almost as dark as the hall and quite as still. There was a distinct smell of old clothes and camphor. "A match," demanded Ellery. "Quick!" "I ain't got none," quavered Mr. Pepper. "They're all in the box in the settin' room. Oh, my godfreys mighty! What'll I do? What undertaker'll I have?
The Godfreys remained at Halifax four months after Paul Guidon had sailed, and Margaret never ceased to praise the actions of the noble red man. Yet, it may be after all, that the husband and children owed their lives, as much to the good sense, brave spirit, firmness and steadiness in the face of danger, of the wife and mother, as to the action of the noble Iroquois.
Well, Zach, he cal'lated maybe 'twas money matters, cal'lated maybe she was in debt or somethin'." Mr. Bloomer's discomfiture was so intense as to cause him actually to uncross his legs. "Godfreys, Prim!" he exclaimed. "Give you a shingle and a pocket-handkercher and you'll brag to all hands you've got a full-rigged ship. I never said Martha was in debt.
It may be that in the near or distant future facts will be brought to light which will prove beyond a doubt that the United States had emissaries in Nova Scotia in 1888 who were paid for their services in Yankee gold. It will be remembered that the Godfreys, accompanied by their faithful friend Paul Guidon, arrived at Halifax in the "Viper."
The Soules were invited, because they were Araminta Lockwood's brother and sister-in-law, and the Godfreys came over from Westerly to grace the board as representatives of the Lockwood strain. Also Ben Lockwood attended Blinky's first cousin and senior. Duncan described the function in a letter to Kellogg as the time of his young life.
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