long-standin

Updated: June 21, 2025

I ran inter the house an' snatched the horn down, but afore I could put hit ter my lips, Bill Pennington jerked hit 'way from me, an' stamped on hit. "'Deb Brill, said he, with a mortally hateful look, 'yer peart an' sassy an' bold, an' hev allers been so, an' so 's yer Yankeefied husband. Ye've hed yer own way offen too offen. Now I'll heve mine, an' wipe out some long-standin' scores.

John McElroy - The Red Acorn