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He recognised his former benefactor at once with that strange power of memory dogs possess in a way that is almost human. "Ye see, I was bound to come, Lionheart, to see with my own eyes how they were serving you, and to let you know I've gave up the drink for ever an' ever! Twas all through you, and the Almighty's power, and now I belong to Him body and soul, and He kapes me every day."
Then the youngest girl laughed and said, "Oh, you pore, innicent bairn, and how do yez ken all this? and how did yez know that Misther Payterson kapes a tiger at all, at all, begorra!" Another young lady said, "Dutchy, I reckon yore daddy is a right smart cunning old fox!" "Madame," replied I, indignantly, "my father is no fox, but a minister of the Gospel."
It's ashamed I am of ye to be frightened by a few little flashes of lightnin' and the beautiful, grand thundher that always kapes it company. It's ashamed I am of ye that's what I am!" He spoke almost roughly to hide his emotion and he furtively wiped the tears from his face so that she should not see them. "It's not the lightnin' I'm afraid of, father," said Peg solemnly. "It's the thundher.
There's them that takes to cookin' by nature, I've heard, but I've niver seen any of 'em. There's rules to iverything, and iverybody must larn 'em. For 'tis the rule that opens the stingy hand, and shuts a bit the ginerous wan, and so kapes all straight." But little Jim turned a deaf ear to his mother's wisdom.
You've begun in toime, so you have, and, if you kape on, you can get a lot of it done before you come to the place where you can do what you loike, such as kapin' a bank and that. But it's no business. The Gineral's business was foightin', you know. He kapes a bank jist to pass the toime." Little Jim's eyes widened. Here was a new outlook for him.
No matther how quick a man is, if he kapes at ut long enough he meets up wid some felly that bates him till it wanst. And wanst is enough. "Plenty," McHale agreed. "Sure. The system is not to meet that sport. I don't figure he lives in these parts." Mr. Quilty blinked at him for a moment, and lowered his voice.
Av he kapes bothering av ye, tell him to let ye alone, ur you'll kick th' back-strap av his trousers clane out through th' top av his head. Oi'll shtand by yez. Now, let her go again, an' kape at it." The country boy began once more, and this time he bellowed the words so they could be heard for a mile.
Things went on quietly enough at the farm, until one day Biddy struck not for wages, but for help. She could not bear to see the young ladies do the work they were compelled to do, and yet it was more than she could do herself. The captain inquired whether she would object to a black help. "Sure not, yer honour, if she kapes a dacent tongue in her mouth," answered Biddy.
"What is the matter with the Swede?" "Mather enough. Bein' hand an' glove wid Moncrossen is good rayson to suspicion any man. Fer t'is be the help av Shtromberg that Moncrossen kapes a loine on th' men an' gits by wid his crooked wor-rk. "He ain't long on brains nohow, Moncrossen ain't, an' he ain't a good camp-boss nayther, fer all he gits out th' logs.
Though it wouldn't have been good nayther if you hadn't cooked it good, Moike. There's them as can cook 'most anything and have it good, jist as there's them as can spoil the best. And now, Moike, I've news for you. But first do you notice how clean Jim kapes things? Him and Andy makes a foine team, so they do."
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