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He warmed to Kate especially, and that household fairy, in her flights between errands of mercy, played him with all the prettiness of her coquetry. At luncheon he quite lost his embarrassment and responded to the advances of three friendly humans. Yes ma-am, he had been glad to learn that Bertram was doing well in the city. He had five sons, all doing well.
"They call poor Amelia 'CopyCat," said she, "and I don't believe she would ever have tried so hard to look like me only my mother dresses me so I look nice, and you send Amelia to school looking awfully." Then Lily sobbed again. "My Amelia is at your house, as I understand?" said Mrs. Diantha, in an awful voice. "Ye-es, ma-am." "Let me go," said Mrs.
She made her way to the front-door, and having opened it, was on the point of crossing the street, when Tommy Dudgeon emerged from the shop, and came over towards where she stood. "Good morning, ma-am," he said, halting at a respectful distance. "You are looking for little miss?" "Well," snapped Aunt Jemima, "and if I am, what then? Do you know where she is?" "No, ma-am; but I saw her go away."
The bell of the church is slowly beating, and from the huts there keep coming neat old men and women who make the hitherto deserted street assume a brisk appearance, and the squat huts take on a welcoming air. In a resonant, girlish voice there meets our ears: "Ma-am! Ma-amka! Where is the key of the green box? I want my ribands!" While in answer to the bell's summons, the oxen low a deep echo.
Miss Jemima seized the arm of the little man with an iron grip. "Man! you saw her go away, and you let her go?" With difficulty Tommy freed his arm. "Well, ma-am, perhaps I ought " "Of course you ought," rapped out the lady, sharply. "You must be a gabey." "No doubt, ma-am. But little miss will come back. She knows her way about. She will be home to dinner."
"Now, little woman," he exclaimed, triumphantly dragging his reluctant captive towards his wife, "this is the man you have to thank this man and God! He gave up " "Oh," interrupted "Cobbler" Horn, "you mustn't allow him to thank me for that, ma-am. I did it quite as much for my own sake." "Hear him!" exclaimed Thaddeus, with incredulous admiration.
Having spoken, Tommy was turning to recross the street. "Stop, man!" Tommy stopped and faced around once more. "Which way did she go?" "That way, ma-am," replied Tommy, pointing along the street, to Aunt Jemima's left-hand, and his own right.
"Get in, ma-am get in!" said the porter, bundling her into the compartment where I sat alone. Then she hung out of the window, breathlessly talking. "They told me no chance for weeks not the slightest! Then just as I was standing at the counter, who should come up but somebody bringing back the first volume.
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