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And next day Cap'n Jonadab was round, madder'n a licked pup. Seems Susannah's lawyer at Orham had sent for her to come right off and see him. Somethin' about the suit, it was. And she was goin' in spite of everything. And with Effie's leavin' at the same time, what was we goin' to do over Sunday? and so forth and so on. "Well, we had to do the best we could, that's all.
'Don't you have family devotion every evening? Cap Summerville couldn't hold in any longer, and just roared, and the fellers outside, who'd had their ears against the canvas listening to every word, they roared too. Cap was madder'n a July hornet, and cussed till the ridgepole shook.
Of course I ain't going to believe but," firmly, "I can't get away from a notion that those Christian Science folks know something that we don't. Busby was madder'n a hornet. I didn't scarcely know what to say to him." "Don't be soft, Zeke," returned his mother, picking up the kettle. "The time for superstition has gone by." As Jewel and her grandfather entered the house they heard music.
"Well, you couldn't go around to the factories or stores very well," replied Lafe. "You see your uncle's tryin' to trace you. I showed you that this mornin' in the paper, didn't I, where he mourned over you as lost after findin' your father dead?" Jinnie nodded. "Yes, I read it," she said. "An' he can't get your money for seven years. That makes him madder'n a hatter, of course."
"No madder'n usual," said Royce. The car came to a sudden stop. The man on the running-board he had a man's face, keen and sharp-eyed and eager, and the body of a slight boy jumped down from his place and in a flash disappeared under the engine. The man at the wheel straightened up and got down, stretching his legs.
"That made her madder'n ever, but, you see, I was making her come to me with complaints, and that had never happened before. She stood punching at the ground with her blue parasol and looking every now and then toward Mrs. Wilson's tent like she was afraid Carrie would come. Then all at once I saw that her pretty lips was quivering.
"Why, just a spell ago I was settin' in my office, madder'n a cat what had tore his Sunday pants, 'cause at twelve o'clock I was goin' over to the saloon to fire that young ranger, Lusk, for gettin' drunk.
"'See here, Mister man! I said, 'you're sore, that's your trouble. But I'm not going to be bullied by you, so there. I'm through with you, Joe Clark; and, what's more, you needn't take any interest in me any more. I can look after myself. "He gripped my arm. It's black and blue yet. See! "'You ain't goin', said he, madder'n ever. "'Yes! I am, I said.
He had told Jabez 'at then intended to clean him out completely, an' that Jim, the sub-cook, was one o' the gang an' had let the ridin' ponies loose so 'at the' was no choice but to walk after the herd when they stampeded. He said that if he hadn't 'a' had that chance he would 'a' put knock-out drops in the coffee that night, which made all the men madder'n ever.
"I hope you didn't tell him that," she said with quick concern. "Nope," Billy laughed. "I knew, if I did, you'd be madder'n a hatter. I just told him I'd try an' figure it out. After all, I was sure you'd stand for it if you had it." "Oh, Billy," she murmured, her voice rich and low with love; "maybe you don't know it, but that's one of the sweetest things you've said since we got married."
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