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America is good, her charities are almost boundless, but I think some as Arvilly that Charity hain't so likely lookin' or actin' as Justice, and Robert Strong thinks so too. But it is a great problem what to do for the best in this case. Mebby Solomon knew enough to grapple with the question, but Josiah don't, nor Arvilly, though she thinks she duz.
An' then the cuckoo started callin' away over the trees. 'What's that? sez 'e lookin' startled like. 'That's the cuckoo, sez I. An' he takes off 'is 'at an' rubs 'is 'ead, which was a' fast goin' bald. 'Dear, dear me! sez 'e 'I 'aven't 'eard the cuckoo since I was a boy! An' he rubs 'is 'ead again, an' laughs to hisself 'Not since I was a boy! 'e sez. 'An' that's the cuckoo, is it?
She hasn't shed a tear nor spoke a word, and she don't seem to notice anything, not even the children. But, says he, 'I can't stand here talkin'. There's a heap to be done yet, and Milly's lookin' for me now. "And with that he got on his horse and rode off, and I went into the house to put the children to bed. Then I set down on the porch steps to wait for Abram.
I am not much interested in young ladies, as it happens." "You lie," said Mrs. McGovern promptly, "there ain't nothin' in the whole world you are ez much interested in as young wimmin. I'm a merried woman, and I know the signs. If I had a deevorce I might be a leetle jealous o' that gal in there. She's the best lookin' gal I ever did see in all my time.
"Why, bein' a fine lady is is livin' in a big house with carpets on th' floor, an' lookin' glasses, an' not havin' no work t' do, an' wearin' pretty clothes, with lots of rings an' things, an' an'," she paused; then finished in triumph, "an' a ridin' in a carriage." That wide questioning look was in Sammy's eyes as she returned, "It's a heap more'n that, Mandy.
"You drop that, Parker Lowe!" she said, with dignity. "I ain't so far gone as all that. There's that Gonsallies felluh lookin' at us. You just straighten up, or I'll hit ye a cut with this whip!" Her lover gave a short, embarrassed laugh. "Oh, come now, Idy; Ricardo don't understand United States." "Well, I don't care whether he understands United States or not.
I told him he 'd ought to remember 's he 'd have a lot o' business when father died 'f he kept my good will, but he was lookin' over 'n' under himself to see how near to unscrewed he was 'n' if it was safe to keep on turnin' the same way any longer, 'n' upon my honor, Mrs.
"Look, chief; I tail this guy to Oppenheimer Village," the Arab, who had learned English from American movies, answered. "He goes into the rec-joint. I slide in after him, an' he ain't in sight. I'm lookin' around for him, see, when he comes bargin' outa the Don Ameche box. Then he grabs a table an' a beer. What next?" "Stay there; keep an eye on him," MacLeod told him. "If I want you, I'll call."
S'pose I must a had another sometime, but I never heard of it. Wot's that? Yuss most nineteen. Wot? Oh, go throw summink at yourself! I aren't too young to be 'ungry, am I? And where's a cove goin' to find this 'ere 'honest work' you're a-talkin' of? I'm fair sick of the gime of lookin' for it.
Snavely, with the air of proprietorship one adopts to hopeless debtors, "three dollars a week is not going to keep your family, to say nothing of paying up that seven dollars. I can't carry you forever, you know. Why don't you get a daylight job?" "Ah, that is easy enough said," protested that injured individual. "'Aven't I tramped the streets day after day, lookin' for work?"
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