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"But he ithn't dead," reasoned Master Augustus John; "I don't call any of thoth fellowth immortal till they're dead." "It's a very bad habit," continued his father. "And he's made me almost as bad as himself," observed Crayshaw in the softest and mildest of tones. "Miss Christie said this very morning that there was no bearing me, and I never did it till I knew him.
Then Benny bobs up, as usual. I has my eye peeled from the minute he opens the door. He don't look warlike or anything; but you never can tell about these fat men, so when he hits the gate I dodges behind the water cooler. "Wha w'ath the matter, thonny?" says he. "G'wan!" says I. "Ithn't Bob in?" says he. "Go on in and tell Mr.
Don't you know?" "No, I don't know what it ith. If I did, I thhouldn't be athking you," answered Grace. "It ith either lightning, fireworkth or a real fire." "It is wireless, Tommy. Don't you know now?" Grace shook her head. "Didn't you ever hear a wireless machine work?" "No; but there ithn't any wireleth on the 'Thilly Thue, ith there?" "I I don't know.
"Buthter thinkth it ith her clotheth that are heavy," jeered Tommy. "It ithn't your clotheth, Buthter; it'th you." "Make her stop, Miss Elting. Don't you think I am suffering enough, without Tommy making me feel any worse?" "Yes, I do. Tommy, will you please stop annoying Margery?" "Yeth, Mith Elting, I'll thtop until Buthter getth dry again. But I'm jutht ath wet at thhe ith, and I'm not croth."
"Wait!" Harriet tied the end of the rope to the back of Buster's belt. "We will let them pull you up. I think Mr. Grubb will know where to find water up there." "I don't want to go up," protested Margery. Jane was now mopping the blood from Margery's swollen face. "Ithn't it too bad that Buthter ith tho awkward," said Tommy in a sympathetic tone.
"I don't have nightmares and wake every one up in the middle of the night," retorted Margery, "even if I do get hungry sometimes." "My nightmare wath utheful, Buthter," returned Tommy calmly. "It helped uth to dithcover that our boat wath gone. But your appetite ithn't the leatht bit utheful, not even to yourthelf." "I'll never speak to you again, Tommy Thompson," declared Buster wrathfully.
'But I ithn't got nothin' t' boatht of. God made me, says she, 'an' I ithn't mad that He done it. I 'low He meant me t' take the firth man that come, an' be content. I 'low I ithn't got no right t' thtick up my nothe at a fool. For, Tumm, says she, 'God made that fool, too. An', Tumm, says she, 'I wanth thomethin' elthe. Oh, I wanth thomethin' elthe!
"We have forgotten all about a lamp!" exclaimed Harriet as they neared the cabin. "That has been attended to," replied Miss Elting. "You know we have been thleeping, Harriet," reminded Tommy "thleeping our young headth off. Ithn't it nithe to be able to thleep while other folkth do your work for you?" They had hurried on and Tommy was obliged to run to catch up with them.
"What are you doing on the ground?" shrieked Margery, as she stumbled and fell over her little companion. "Why don't you tell me when you are going to sit down, so that I won't fall over you?" "You wouldn't, if you weren't tho fat." "Tommy!" broke in Miss Elting. The whole party had come to a halt, following Margery's mishap. "I beg your pardon, Mith Elting. I forgot. Buthter ithn't dry yet.
"'I got mother's ring, says the cook, 't' prove it. "'Tumm, says Liz t' me, 'you ithn't wantin' t' get married, ith you? "'No, Liz, says I. 'Not, says I, 't' you. "'No, says she. 'Not t' me' She took me round the turn in the road. 'Tumm, says she, 'I 'low I'll wed that man. I wanth t' get away from here, says she, lookin' over the hills.
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