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Aunt Hildy said: "Lord-a-massy! wonder he hadn't hit us in the head; that's the queerest caper I ever did see." We all laughed heartily, and Louis said: "My Emily, you are a rainbow of promise; the sun shines through your tears." We had made preparations to receive our friends Monday evening, and had huge loaves of cake awaiting with lemonade, and something warm for those who desired it.
"The Lord-a-massy help any poor soul that goes ashore to-night," responded a portly, white-haired woman beside the stove, as a monster wave made the little dwelling tremble. Uncle Terry took off his dripping sou'wester and coat, and, hanging them over the wood box, went to the sink and began pumping a basin of water.
He brought his brawny hand down heavily upon Herbert's shoulder, and, with a face actually on fire with the fervor stirred within him, exclaimed: "Lord-a-massy! Henry, did ye ever hear a noise like that? I say, boy, did ye ever hear a noise like that? Where on arth did it all come from?
Yis, it's thirty years agone sence I hefted the fust trout from this pool, and br'iled him on the bank there, and a toothsome supper he made for me, too. Lord-a-massy, boy," exclaimed the old man, half turning toward his companion, "what a thing memory be! Thirty year! and I've seed some wanderin' sence then, but I remember as though I'd eat him last night jest how that trout tasted.
"'I t'ought dere was a roast goose, Chad? "'I ain't yerd nothin' 'bout no goose, I says. 'I'll ask de cook. "Next minute I yerd old marsa a-hollerin': "'Mammy Jane, ain't we got a goose? "'Lord-a-massy! yes, marsa. Chad, you wu'thless nigger, ain't you tuk dat goose out yit? "'Is we got a goose? said I. "'Is we got a goose? Didn't you help pick it?
He's fond of your daughter, Cæsar, and wants your good-will to marry her." "Lord-a-massy!" cried Nancy Joe. "Dear heart alive!" muttered Grannie. "Peter Quilliam!" said Cæsar, "did you say Peter?" "I did, Mr. Cregeen, Peter Quilliam," said Philip stoutly, "my friend Pete, a rough fellow, perhaps, and without much education, but the best-hearted lad in the island.
"Give these on Christmas Day to the woman at the dismal hut, and a merry Christmas to you all." "Ay, ay," said the Trapper, "it shall be did, barrin' accident, as ye say; and a merry Christmas it'll make fur us all. Lord-a-massy! what will the poor woman say when she and her leetle uns git these warm garments on?
And meanwhile John Storm had buttoned his long coat up to his throat and was striding home through the echoing streets, with both hands clinched and his teeth set hard. "Martha's. "Oh, Lord-a-massy! Oh, Gough bless me sowl! Oh, my beloved grandfather! John Storm has done for himself at last!
But every minute added to his anxiety, for the smoke thickened in the air and even a few cinders began to pass him as they were blown onward with the smoke by the wind. "The fire is comin' down the river," he said, "and the boy has it behind him. Lord-a-massy! hear it roar!
"How are you doing, Mr. Curphy, sir?" "Doing well, sir. Are you doing well yourself, Mr. O'Neill, sir?" "Lord-a-massy yes, sir. I'm always doing well, sir." Never had anybody in Ellan seen so strange a mixture of grandeur and country style. My husband seemed to be divided between amused contempt for it, and a sense of being compromised by its pretence.
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