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"Not of his own accord he pass that sweet young wife of his like a stranger this day, Sir Austin!" "I must beg you not to intrude further, ma'am." Mrs. Berry bobbed her bunch of a body out of the room. "All's well that ends well," she said to herself. "It's just bad inquirin' too close among men. We must take 'em somethin' like Providence as they come. Thank heaven! I kep' back the baby." In Mrs.
"I ain't surprised that you ain't lettin' no grass grow under your feet 'bout inquirin' for Miss Pollyanna. I said long ago 'twould come sometime, an' it's bound to what with your growin' so handsome and tall. An' I hope 'twill; I do, I do. It'll be just like a book, what with her a-findin' you an' gettin' you into that grand home with Mr. Pendleton.
He comes roun' inquirin' 'bout my business so officious I thought sure he was one o' dese Gov'ment folks, and I done had 'nough to do wid dat kind." "Like Amos Brown, Caesar's friend." It was a sore subject with the old woman. "Well, I did n't know I thought he was one o' dese perliss. So I sent him 'long 'bout he own business. But if you know him it 's all right."
I'll simply set in town office and 'tend to my business, and draw orders on the treasury to pay bills, as fast as bills are presented. That's what I started out to do, and that's all I will do. And if you don't want to see me jibe and all go by the board, you keep out of my way with your plug hats and barooshes. And it might be well to inform inquirin' friends to the same effect."
This he stuffed into his own pocket as he talked on about two witches, whom he said he had met that afternoon under an oak-tree feeding on acorns. "An' now, I kem ter remind myself that them witches war inquirin' round 'bout'n a boy war his name Jeemes Coggin? Le''s see! That boy's name war Jeemes Coggin!"
"Are all s-s-skunks s-s-striped like that one was?" asked Toby, during the progress of the meal. "There he goes again," burst out Steve; "I tell you, fellows, we're going to have a peck of trouble with this here inquirin' mind of Toby's." "G-g-go chase yourself!" blurted out the stuttering boy, indignantly. "I'm only tryin' to g-g-get information at c-c-close quarters."
"Weel, I'll tell you what it is, and it's sae far lucky: there was a decent, respectable-looking man here the day, a countryman o' our ain and I believe he'll sleep here the nicht wha was inquirin' if I kent o' ony decent, steady lad who had been brocht up in the farmin' line. I kenna hoo they ca' the man, but he has been in my house, noo, twa or three times.
"Why, bekaise he's coortin' Kathleen Cavanagh now!" "An' what do I care about that?" said her brother. "Oh, you thief!" she replied; "don't think you can play upon me. I know your saycret." "An' maybe, Dora," he replied, "I have my saycrets. Do you know who was inquirin' for you to-day?" "No," she returned, "nor I don't care either sorra bit."
There's seven cows in town, 'n' forty-one babies, so yeh kin figger what fresh milk's worth." "Perhaps," said Uncle John mildly, "we can stand the expense if we won't rob the babies." "Don't worry 'bout thet. The last autymobble folks as come this way got hot because I charged 'em market prices fer the truck they et. So I'm jest inquirin' beforehand, to save hard feelin's.
I'm of an inquirin' turn of mind, an' whenever I see a man or boy floatin' along in the river I always fish him out, just to see who an' what he is. My curiosity is pow'ful strong, colonel, an' it leads me to do a lot o' things that I wouldn't do if it wasn't fur it. Set an' take a bite with us. This air is nippin' an' it makes my teeth tremenjous sharp."
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