libates

Updated: May 5, 2025

An' it all proves what I remarks, that while females ain't malev'lent malicious, an' don't do these yere things to pierce a gent with grief, their 'ffections is always honin' for the trail, an' is shorely prone to move camp. But, bless 'em! they can't he'p it none if their hearts be quicksands, an' I libates to 'em ag'in. "Whereat we-alls drinks with Enright; feelin' a heap sim'lar.

Alfred Henry Lewis - Wolfville

We visits the Dance Hall; not to dance, sech frivol'ties bein' for younger an' less dignified sports. We goes over thar more to give our countenance an' endorsements to Hamilton who runs the hurdy-gurdy, an' who's a mighty proper citizen. We says 'How! to Hamilton, libates, an' mebby watches 'em 'balance all, or 'swing your partners, a minute or two an' then proceeds.

Alfred Henry Lewis - Wolfville Nights