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"And now," said Ezra, softly, "the pictur' changes; seems as if I could see the pond. The ice is like a black lookin'-glass, and Hiram Peabody slips up the first thing, an' down he comes lickety-split, an' we all laugh, except Sister Mary, an' she says it is very imp'lite to laugh at other folks' misfortunes.
And since, in his fright, he didn't "skedaddle" fast enough to suit them, they threw beets and all sorts of vegetables at him, vegetables that had been ripe a very long time. So at last the tall Doctor with his fine fur collar but without his silk hat hitched up his horses with trembling fingers, and he and his helper Jake and the Red Indian drove out of town "lickety-split."
Polly told him she hoped they would have a good time, and then, after he had gone, drivin' his car lickety-split, harem skarum, owin' to his madness I spoze, Polly went upstairs and cried, for I hearn her, her room wuz next to ourn. And I deeply respected her for her principles, for he had asked her first to go May-flowering with him the day of the Suffrage meeting.
"What! Why Lickety-Split could win that race in a walk. All the crowd say you stand to win. Here, this is the shanty; at least it's where he used to live." A bright light streamed from the uncurtained window of a small cottage, revealing a family group within.
I only said, 'You know, Barney, I'm just beginning this business and I'm poor so you keep a sharp eye on the change and help me get this business going lickety-split so's we'll all be rich together. For when the profits go up here the wages are going up.
"They take their lunch along?" Grandma inquired. "Oh, no! A good hot lunch is part of the program." "But, then, how much does it cost?" "A nickel apiece a day." "Come, come, young lady, that don't make sense," Grandpa objected. "You'd lose money lickety-split." The girl laughed. "We aren't doing it for money. We get money and supplies from groups of women in all the different churches.
But when we left the wide square about the station, and came into the streets of Paris, we understood why the auto horns were bellowing so. For the automobiles were running lickety-split through the darkness without lights and the howls of their horns pierced the night.
I follows him lickety-split to bring him back, but he runs so fast I can't ketch him." Paul smiled. "I've one father and mother already," he said, "and so I have no use for two. Rather than cause embarrassment, I came away as quickly as I could." "You did come fast," said Henry dryly.
'N' then I went West to make my fortune 'n' I did n't make no fortune, but I got my hands on a hunderd dollars 'n' I come home lickety-split to buy that business 'n' marry that girl. I went first to see about the business 's it was right 'n' natural 't I sh'd, 'n' what did I find, Susan Clegg, what did I find? Mrs. Lathrop, I never see the like in all my days, born or unborn.
"Is them gals hurt?" demanded the farmer. "I don't think so. But they are pretty well out of breath and scared." "Don't know how the pesky critter got loose," said Isaac Klem. "First thing I see he was after them gals lickety-split. I was out hayin', and I didn't wait, but picked up a pitchfork and a rope and run." "The girls lost their hats," said Sam, who had also come up.
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