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Updated: June 11, 2025
But it was not a part of Marie's programme to be waked up to enthusiasm at any rate by her aunt. She said little or nothing, and would not even condescend to consider that interesting question, of the day of the wedding. 'There is quite time enough for all that, Aunt Josey, she said, as she got up to go about her work.
"Besides," continued Jonas, "there are some other reasons why Oliver should command, rather than you. First he understands more of farmer's work, being more accustomed to it; secondly, he is older." "No," interrupted Josey, "he isn't older. I'm the oldest." "Are you?" said Jonas. "Yes," replied Josey. "I'm two months older than he is."
Jonas was right in his conjecture: as they came nearer and nearer, the sounds became more distinct. "Hal loo!" vociferated Jonas. "Hal loo!" was the answer. "Can you come and help us?" "Ay, ay," said Jonas; "we're coming." "Ay, ay," shouted Josey, in his loudest voice, which, being more shrill than that of Jonas, was perhaps heard farther. Still nothing was to be seen.
Five minutes afterwards, a subterranean observer, could such a person have been possible, would have seen Miss Josey most unromantically astride of a limb, half way up the big Tartarean cherry tree overhanging the smoke-house, appropriating those pulpy little purple globes at a most luxurious rate, and staining her cherry lips and her white fingers very nearly of the same color.
Marius Longford were anywhere visible. Old Josey Letherbarrow sat in his usual corner, everything was precisely the same as it was wont to be and yet a sense of vague trouble oppressed him, he saw, or thought he saw, an expression on some of the faces of his parishioners which was new to him, and he felt instinctively that some disturbing element had found its way into the peace of the village, though what the trouble could be, he was at a loss to imagine.
He is old and very feeble, and they have been expecting him to die any day for the past three or four months. And that is not all as you seem to have known something about Mary, I do not care if I tell you. There is serious trouble in that house, Cousin Josey!" "Trouble?" echoed the young girl. "Indeed! why what is the matter?"
Yet, on the other hand, Guy had one prize, and where merit was so even I sat, I say, forgetful of the rest of the speakers, when suddenly I was aware of louder shouts of welcome, and I awaked to Josey Yeatts bowing at us. "Spit it out, Josey!" a large encouraging voice was crying in the back of the hall. "We'll see you through." "Don't be scared, Josey!" yelled another.
A pretty girl with a josey on". There was no slave jail on the Stone place, and I never saw a slave sold or auctioned off. I was told that one of our slaves ran off and was gone for three years. Some white person wrote him to come home that he was free.
Laura Lane was admitted, for Frank's sake, as she had been his closest and dearest relative. The day she came, Josey had a severe headache, and looked wretchedly. Laura was shocked, and showed it so obviously, that, had there been any real cause for her alarm, I should have turned her out of the room without ceremony, almost before she was fairly in it.
And if I never sees ye no more " "Now, Josey, don't talk nonsense!" said Maryllia, with a pretty little air of protective remonstrance; "Such a clever old person as you are ought to know better than to be morbid! 'Never see me no more' indeed! Why I'm coming to see you soon, very soon! I shall find out where you live, and I shall pay you a visit! I'm a dreadful talker!
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