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"Well, then, the elders complain that he is not so zealous, even unto slaying, as becomes a leader of the Lord's host, which he is, like Moses and Joshua; and some of the deputies pretend that he takes too much state on him, and means to make himself a king, or least-wise, a lord."
Least-wise they won't have to look far if he doesn't come across," and Dopey Charlie looked meaningly and steadily at the side pockets of The Oskaloosa Kid. "I think," said Bridge, after a moment of general silence, "that you two crooks had better beat it. Do you get me?" and he looked from Dopey Charlie to The General and back again.
Captain," cried Guy, with a laugh, "if it be true that `brevity is the soul of wit, you must be the wittiest fellow on Deal beach." "I dun-know," retorted the Captain, slowly, "whether it's the soul or the body o' wit, an' wot's more, I don't care; but it's a fact, d'ye see, that consideration'll do it; least-wise if consideration won't, nothin' will.
"Cain't we do nothin'?" asked Betty Pulcher, who could never endure inaction. "What is there to do?" "Nothin'," sniffed Mrs. Updyke solemnly, "least-wise, not now. Ye see, thar won't be no funeral to make ready fur, an' the sermon won't be till a Sunday. I kin sleep two on 'em, an' eat four, I guess, ef the rest on ye'll do as much."
"That's so I ortenter least-wise, not whilst there's any crockery in the house," said Bud sadly. "There's another thing about this hoss," went on the Bishop "he's always spoony on mules. He ain't happy if he can't hang over the front gate spoonin' with every stray mule that comes along.
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