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"Well, then, God forgive me!" replied the other, concealing his benevolence by a grin, which he could not prevent at his own ingenuity, but which he endeavored to conceal as well as he could; "God forgive me! but hearin' that Goodison the parson here, and his family were in great distress, I thought I might as well have my revenge aginst him, by fetchin' him a load o' praties, which is all I can spare the poor ould hem the heretical ould creature and so, says I to myself, it's a good opportunity of heapin' the coals upon him that you spoke about, sir.
An' if it wasn't that Scraggs is so ornery there's worse jobs than me an' you had on the old Maggie." "I been wonderin' if we couldn't reform Scraggsy by heapin' coals of fire on his head, Bart." "What d'ye mean? Heapin' coals o' fire on Scraggs'd sure keep an ash hoist busy." "Oh, I dunno, Bart. The old man has his troubles. There's Mrs.
"Yes, Nate," said the girl, reddening, chewing her bonnet-strings to hide her confusion, and stir ring up the ground with the toe of her shoe, "I reckon I did promise yo' I'd marry yo' when the Yankee soldiers done come for sure, and thar does seem t' be a right smart passel of 'em done come already, with a heapin' more on the way.
And a long guid day to the pair of ye ye are a disobedient regardless lassock, and ye are heapin' up wrath again the day of wrath, but for all that I'm no sayin' that I'll forget you in my will! There are others I like waur nor you, when all's said and done!" "I would not take a penny of yours if I were starving on the street!" cried Irma.
Ye see they're juist try in' the Scripture plan o' heapin' coals o' fire on yer head. "Here ye've been negleckin' the fouk in seeckness an' lettin' them dee afore their freends' eyes withoot a fecht, an' refusin' tae gang tae a puir wumman in her tribble, an' frichtenin' the bairns no, a'm no dune and scourgin' us wi' fees, and livin' yersel' on the fat o' the land.
"Oh, Christine! Oh, you mustn't!" The boy caught her hand to stop her, but Christina jerked away, and ran from him down the twisting green pathway. And as she ran she heard Mrs. Skinflint's terrible voice calling, "Gav-in! Is that pail not full yet, you lazy lump?" and Gavin's prompt reply, "Yes'm. It's heapin'."
Yes, even the buttons of the khaki coat, each embossed with the design of the scout badge, helped him to that state of mind which Cis described as "good turny." He began to chant another recipe: "'One pint of milk, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two heapin' tablespoonfuls of cornstarch' " Another halt. The cupboard boasted no cornstarch.
It may rain hard, 'cause I see clouds heapin' up thar in the west. An' if it rains the cold may then freeze a skim of ice over the road, on which we could slip an' break our necks, hosses an' all. Then thar are some cliffs close to the road.
"Well!" returned Sister, thoughtfully. "If you can stand 'em I can. I never did think I could forgive 'em all so mean they was to me and the hair-pulling and all. "But I guess you're right, Mis' Atterson. It's heapin' coals of fire on their heads, like what the minister at the chapel says." "Good Land o' Goshen, child!" exclaimed the old lady, briskly.
We will ride in the future on my free pass." "No," says I. "I sha'n't ride off on a mystery. I prefer a mare." Says he, for he wus that proud and excited that you couldn't stop him nohow, "It will be a dretful savin' of money, but that hain't what I think of the most. It is the honor they are a heapin' onto me.
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