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You maun keep yoursel' as free frae worry as possible, an' try an' get better," he went on, trying to speak as lightly as possible. "Keep up your spirits, an' you'll maybe soon be a' better." "Aye, Rob," she said, "but it's no' easy. An' I hae been gettin' waur instead o' better. I ken mysel' that I'm no' improvin', an' I often think it wad hae been better if I had died.
You-all onderstands about a philanthrofist one of these sports who's allers improvin' some party's condition in a way the party who's improved don't like. "'A philanthrofist, says Colonel Sterett, one time when Dan Boggs demands the explanation at his hands; 'a philanthrofist is a gent who insists on you givin' some other gent your money.
"`Come an' let us be happy together, For where there's a will there's a way, An' we won't care a rap for the weather So long as there's nothin' to pay." "Would it not be better to say, `so long as there's something to pay?" suggested Minnie. "No, lass, it wouldn't," retorted the captain. "You're too fond of improvin' things. I'm a stanch old Tory, I am.
But indeed, of late I'm happy to say that they are improvin' a bit," said she, speaking professionally. "M'Clutchy's givin' them a lift, for I've ever an' always remarked, that distress, and poverty, and neglect o' the poor, and hardship, and persecution, an' oppression, and anything that way, was sure to have my very heart broke wid business."
"To be sure you must," returned Larry; "and mighty improvin' it must be. Did you ever catch a thief, sir?" "My good man, you mistake my profession," said Goggins, proudly; "we never have anything to do in the criminal line, that's much beneath us." "I ax your pardon, sir." "No offence no offence."
'What ar-re ye doin' here? says th' Englishman. 'Robbin' th' naygurs, says th' Fr-rinchman, bein' thruthful as well as polite. 'Wicked man, says th' Englishman. 'What ar-re ye doin' here? says the Fr-rinchman. 'Improvin' the morals iv th' inhabitants, says th' Englishman. 'Is it not so, Rastus? he says. 'It is, says wan iv th' kings. 'I'm a poorer but a betther man since ye came, he says.
"You suah am improvin' since Miss Polly come," Mandy grunted. "Come, Willie!" called the girl, and ran out laughing through the trees. "What's this?" Douglas took the small book from Mandy's awkward fingers, and began to read: "'Hens set " He frowned. "Oh, dem's jes' Miss Polly's 'don'ts," interrupted Mandy, disgustedly. "Her 'don'ts'?"
You can afford 'em. It's women like you that ought to have big families. Don't your husband like babies?" "Yes, he adores them, but " "Of course he does! Ain't he a man? Men just love babies when they're their own. It feeds their vanity to show the world how they're improvin' the human race. Now look here, Mis' Carrington, let an old woman talk.
"Now you talk sense. I was a-hankerin' myself. I take stock right off in a man or a critter with an appetite. They're always improvin'. Yes, sir; Maizeville is the place to grow an appetite, and what's more we can grow plenty to satisfy it." Mrs.
After allowing him to rest quietly for a few minutes, he said "Now, lad, I think ye're improvin'. Ye're badly battered about the head and shoulders, so I'll take ye home with me." "Home with you?" repeated March. "Ay, put your arms round my neck," returned the Wild Man in a tone which, though soft and low, it was not possible to disobey.
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