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Colonel Markin had often rejoiced publicly that the lady had been of this disposition, the results to him had been so blessed. Apparently he spoke without reserve of his domestic affairs in connection with his spiritual experiences, using both the Mrs. Markins when it was desirable as "illustrations."
The other dear sisters looked on with pleasurable interest, admitting the propriety of it, as Colonel Markin walked up and down the deck with Laura, examining her lovely nature, "drawing her out" on the subject of her faith and her assurance. It was natural, as he told her, that in her peculiar situation she should have doubts and difficulties.
But you don't think ennything of scarin' the life out of a half-baked kid an' markin' up his hide like a patchwork quilt. Thet kid's stayin' aft after this. One of you monkey with him, an' you'll do jest what he's bin doin', wish you was dead an' overboard." He turned on his heel and walked to the door, Rainey following. "Burial of the skipper at dawn," said Lund.
With a scrape and a bow and a "Thank ye, Marster," the old man gulped down the dram, and Mars Jones, replacing his tickler, was turning away, when his foot slipped in something, and looking down he saw that it was blood. The dram had put so much heart into the old man that he was able to reply glibly to Mars Jones's questions. "Its jes' wha' I's been markin' hogs, Marster."
I would rather " She took the missive; it was dated the day before, Colombo, and read "Do not expect me was married this morning to Colonel Markin S A we may not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers glory be to God Laura Markin" She raised her eyes to his with the gravest, saddest irony.
And he's got a stake set in the middle of that piece of ground and on that stake is a board and on that board is painted: 'Trespassing Forbidden on Penalty of the Law. And him and that woman, by Alcander Reeves's advice, are teaming that old cuss of a husband back and forth acrost that strip and markin' down a trespass offence every time he lugs an armful of wood."
There'll be plenty of outside work measurin' lumber, markin' trees, an' such." "Why, Mr. Buell I you see, Dick he might not " I hesitated, not knowing how to proceed. But at my halting speech Buell became even more smiling and voluble. "Dick? Oh, Dick an' I stand all right; take thet from me. Dick'll agree to what I want. I need a young feller bad. Money's no object. You're a bright youngster.
If Rip hed a fault it was too mich markin', but it was straingely reg'lar an' Orth'ris settled himself to make a fost-rate job on it when he got haud o' t' Canteen Sargint's dog. Theer niver was sich a dog as thot for bad timper, an' it did nut get no better when his tail hed to be fettled an inch an' a half shorter. But they may talk o' theer Royal Academies as they like.
There's mother," as Mrs. Markin appeared at the door and extended the most cordial welcome to Dorothy. Swinging aside the great old-fashioned door, that opened in two parts, Cologne ushered Dorothy into the camp. "Oh, how perfectly splendid!" It was like a picture from an art magazine.
I thocht on gaun roun to a' the acquaintances on whom I had just been ca'in, an' explainin to them the real state o' the case; an' then followin up this proceedin wi' ca'in on the editors o' the twa papers in which the injurious statements had appeared, an' requestin, nay, insistin, on their puttin in a true version o' the story, at the same time carefully markin my identity, an' separatin me frae a' discreditable transactions, of every kind, degree, an' character whatsoever.
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