Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: September 6, 2025
"I ain't be'n convicted o' sin; I ain't 'a meek an' lowly follower; I ain't be'n exactly what I orter be'n; I hevn't lived anywhere up to my lights; but is thet a reason why a parson should strike me?" "Why? What? When did he? Who did?" asked the eager crowd, with one voice. Jack then painfully related how he had been invited by the Reverend Mr. Withholder to attend the Bible class.
Penrose, a woman's as deep as th' Longridge pit shaft. 'Well, thaa's never rued o'er joinin' Rehoboth, Malachi. 'I've never rued o'er weddin' thee, lass; an' aw think if thaa'd gone to a wur place nor Rehoboth aw should ha' followed thee. Leastways, I shouldn't ha' liked thee to 'a' tempted me. 'But thaa's not tell'd him all, Malachi. 'Nowe, lass, aw hevn't, but aw will.
I reckon he's had enough of stayin' out o' nights to last him, and ef the valley settlements hevn't got hold of a very shining member, at least the foothills hev got shut of one more of the Ramon Martinez gang." "What's that about the Ramon Martinez gang?" said a quiet potential voice. Bill turned quickly.
'He geet rheumatic fayver six year sin', when he poo'd it aat o' Green Fowd Lodge; and now he's getten welly worried to deeath by savin' it fro' that bull-terrier o' Oliver's o' Deaf Martha's. 'Ay! they'n welly done for us both this time, hevn't they, Captain? faintly said Moses, addressing the dog, and extending his hand wearily for a canine caress. 'But aar time 'll come.
Why, ef he'd a done so over them rocks, he'd never have got the use of his legs agin." "Strange we don't see any signs of him." "O, wal, thar's places yet we hevn't tried." "One thing is certain we haven't found any signs of him. If anything had happened, we'd have seen his basket floating." "Yes, or his old hat."
'No, aw hevn't, but aw'm a deal nearer nor aw wur when he first laft me. An' doesto know, lass, aw feel misel to be gettin' so near naa that aw can welly yer him singin'. There's nobbud a step or two naa, and then we's be i' th' same raam. 'An' is th' Almeety baan to mak' me climb as mony steps as thaa's climbed afore I ged into th' same raam as He's takken little Job too, thinksto? 'Ey, lass.
"They're a most respectable and industrious factor in our town's life. I like the Irish." "I s'pose." He searched her face and concluded that her irony was unconscious; she undeceived him. "Butter wouldn't melt in your mouth now you're runnin' for office," she said, laboring to her feet. "I'm s'prised you hevn't wings." Shelby affected to relish the hoary jest, and escorted her gayly to the door.
Henry, because she knew between ten and eleven o'clock her father was safe in t' schoolroom. Well, I saw Mr. Henry leave her at her own door, and though I doan't believe one-half that I hear, I can trust my own eyes even if I hevn't my spectacles on. And I doan't bother my head about other men's daughters and sweethearts, but Mr. Henry is a bit different. I loved and served his father.
Outside, at the pump, a lounging hostler, who had been bribed to keep a sharp lookout for a Shaker wagon, whistled and waited too. "Tell you what," said Hiram, bolting a goodly rouleau of ham and eggs, "I've got an idee. You and me might shilly-shally here on this road all day, and what surety shall we hev' that they hevn't gone by the other road. Old gal said there was two?"
But I've love for you, child, an' respect, jest the same as if you was my own.... An' I KNOW you're good.... Forgive me.... I meant only hevn't you been, say, sort of careless?" "Care-less?" queried Ellen, bitterly and low. "An' powerful thoughtless an' an' blind lettin' men kiss you an' fondle you when you're really a growed-up woman now?" "Yes I have," whispered Ellen.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking