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Here Corrie broke down, and in order to change the subject abruptly he rolled round towards Poopy, and cried with considerable asperity "What on earth d'ye mean, Kickup, by wriggling about your black body in that fashion? If you don't stop it you'll fetch way down the hill, and go slap over the precipice, carrying Alice and me along with you. Give it up now, d'ye hear?"
This name was, of course, reduced in its fair proportions by little Alice, who, however, retained the latter part thereof in preference to the former, and styled her maid Poopy. Young Master Corrie, on the other hand, called her Kickup or Puppy, indifferently, according to the humour he chanced to be in when he met her, or to the word that rose most readily to his lips.
This name was, of course, reduced in its fair proportions by little Alice, who, however, retained the latter part thereof in preference to the former, and styled her maid Poopy. Young Master Corrie, on the other hand, called her Kickup or Puppy, indifferently, according to the humor he chanced to be in when he met her, or to the word that rose most readily to his lips. Mr.
Here Corrie broke down, and in order to change the subject abruptly he rolled round towards Poopy, and cried, with considerable asperity: "What on earth d'ye mean, Kickup, by wriggling about your black body in that fashion? If you don't stop it you'll fetch way down the hill, and go slap over the precipice, carrying Alice and me along with you. Give it up now; d'ye hear?"
The girl stared with a vacant countenance at the bright intelligent face of the child, and shook her head slowly. "Why don't you ask me?" inquired Corrie. "You might as well ask Toozle as that potato Kickup. Eh? Puppy, don't you confess that you are no better than a vegetable? Come, now, be honest." "Hee! hee!" replied Poopy. "Humph! I thought so. But that's an odd question of yours, Alice.
"Well, I say, Kickup," cried the youth, picking up his hat, which had fallen off in the convulsion, and drying his tears, "you're a sweet lookin' creetur, you are! Is this a new frock you've got to go to church with? Come, I rather like that pattern, but there's not quite enough of 'em. Suppose I lend a hand and print a few more all over you.
"Ha! that shews you're a I mean, d'ye see, that the difficulty lies here, my elbows are lashed so fast to my side that I can't use them to prop me up, but if Poopy will roll down the hill to my side, and shove her pretty shoulder under my back when I raise it, perhaps I may succeed in getting up. What say you, Kickup?" "Hee! hee!" laughed the girl, "dat's fuss rate. Look out!"
"Ha! that shows you're a I mean, d'ye see, that the difficulty lies here; my elbows are lashed so fast to my side that I can't use them to prop me up; but if Poopy will roll down the hill to my side, and shove her pretty shoulder under my back when I raise it, perhaps I may succeed in getting up. What say you, Kickup?" "Hee! Hee!" laughed the girl, "dat's fuss rate. Look out!"
"I did not hear such names mentioned, but Henry spoke of a wounded nigger." "Ay, they're all a set of false rascals together," said Corrie. "Niggers ob dis here settlement is good mans, ebery von," said Poopy, promptly. "Hallo! Kickup, wot's wrong? I never heard ye say so much at one time since I came to this place." "Niggers is good peepils," reiterated the girl.
"I did not hear such names mentioned; but Henry spoke of a wounded nigger." "Aye, they're all a set of false rascals together," said Corrie. "Niggers ob dis here settlement is good mans, ebery von," said Poopy, promptly. "Hallo! Kickup, wot's wrong? I never heard you say so much at one time since I came to this place." "Niggers is good peepils," reiterated the girl.
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