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The Moore's moved there and he went along. He left mama at Master Calley's and I was still kept at the old home place. Aunt Jilly kept me and my two oldest sisters. Her name was Jilly Calley. I seen mama right often. They fetched papa back to see us a few times and then he died. We all went to Atlanta where he was buried. Mama lived to be purty nigh a hundred years old. She had fourteen children.
'Stop, Sir, you'll break this jilly flower, and she lifts off the coat tail agin; in fact, it's so crowded, you can't squeeze along, scarcely, without a doin' of mischief somewhere or another.
"Father says I'm to be civil to you, so I'll say good-morning; but I don't mean it a bit; and I still think you're a horrid, bad man, though I don't say so. I'm not a bit afraid of you, either, because Mr Armstrong is here to punish you if you behave wickedly." Tom, as usual, improved matters with a loud laugh. "Good old Jilly!" cried he; "let him have it! Sit on his head! He's got no friends!
The signature was Evelyn Fairie, and underneath had been added, "Castle Charing, Somerset. With my love." I slipped it into my pocket and started the car. "And how did Jilly get on?" I said abstractedly, as we rolled down the street. "Oh, Boy," she cried, "it was so funny. I'm sure they took me for somebody else.
"I've half a mind to," replied Maggot, rising; "if that theere cargo I run on Saturday do go the way the last did, I'll ha' done with it, so I will. Good-hevenin', Un Jilly." "Good-hevenin', an' don't 'ee go tumblin' down the owld shafts," said the worthy hostess, observing that her potent brandy had rendered the gait of the men unsteady.
The fact is, Jilly," said he, when Raffles had departed on his quest, "I wanted to get the beast out of the way while I told you I'd got an idea." "Oh, what, Tom?" asked Jill, in tones of surprised pleasure. Tom glanced round cautiously, and then whispered, "You and I'll give a small kick-up here on our own hooks. What do you say?" "A party! Oh Tom! how clever of you to think of that!"
"It's not my fault strawberries are out of season." "Of course not. You're awfully clever, Tom. What should I have done without you?" "Good old Jilly! What about plates?" The consultation lasted far into the night. Next morning the post brought a dozen or so of polite notes which sent the hearts of the hospitable pair into their mouths.
"Poor Jilly can't have any of the fun," was the first thought; then came a second, that made Merry start and smile, and in a minute whisper so that all but Jill could hear her, "Girls, I'm not going to be the Princess. But I've thought of a splendid one!" "Who?" asked the rest, staring at one another, much surprised by this sudden announcement. "Hush! Speak low, or you will spoil it all.
Thin, faith, ye'll take ne'er a picter this day, for Oi'm jist afther usin' the last schrap av gilitin in the house to make the wine jilly fer the dinner." "I don't mean that kind of gelatine; the kind I use is already prepared on little plates in this box, and I have to go in the dark closet to fix them." "Faith, I'd fix thim out here, thin, where ye can see what ye're about.
'Stop, Sir, you'll break this jilly flower, and she lifts off the coat tail agin; in fact, it's so crowded, you can't squeeze along, scarcely, without a doin' of mischief somewhere or another.
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