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"She knows more'n me," he said, half in sorrow, half in pride, as his erstwhile pupil popped her pony over a Sussex heave-gate. "Got wings, she have." "Look-a-there!" But the girl did not desert her first master.
This is better than raising potatoes on the Saskatchewan, or hiding among the niggers in Louis hic iana. Down with the Oligarchy. To hell with them. Hurrah! This is my palace. I am a king! Look-a-there, he said, with a roll and a leer, pointing over his shoulder at the shrinking and terrified women; 'ain't they beauties, hic all mine every one of 'em.
"Look-a-there, now," said he. "Any other woman would have spent two mortal hours stickin' 'em in china." Virginia, having critically surveyed her work, amid exclamations from Ned and Jackson, had gone around to her place. And there upon her plate lay a pearl necklace. For an instant she clapped her palms together, staring at it in bewilderment.
He enjoyed everything, saw everything, described everything, like a keen reporter of the papers he had used to sell. "Look-a-there! and there! and there! Did you see that? That was a regular clothes-basket, set on a pair of runners! Sure; it all goes. Snow doesn't come down here very often.
"Look-a-there, now," said he. "Any other woman would have spent two mortal hours stickin' 'em in china." Virginia, having critically surveyed her work, amid exclamations from Ned and Jackson, had gone around to her place. And there upon her plate lay a pearl necklace. For an instant she clapped her palms together, staring at it in bewilderment.
Why, up north, in New York, or Boston, or such places, they have sleighing whenever they've a mind to! but not down here. Folks daren't lose a chance, dare they? See! There's a regular old vender's wagon, that a lot of young folks have hired, and they're old cow-bells they've put on the horses. Ki! look-a-there! look-a-there! Them's woman's college girls sure!
"Look-a-there, now," said he. "Any other woman would have spent two mortal hours stickin' 'em in china." Virginia, having critically surveyed her work, amid exclamations from Ned and Jackson, had gone around to her place. And there upon her plate lay a pearl necklace. For an instant she clapped her palms together, staring at it in bewilderment.
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