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And now a shriek of laughter came from the windows as the villagers, slowly opening the papers they held, came upon the caricature of Peggy McNutt. The subject of the cartoon had, with his usual aggressiveness, secured the best "standing room" available, and his contemplative, protruding eyes were yet fixed upon the interior of the workroom.
I'm sure you are a man of good taste and judgment. Look over the furniture in the house and telegraph me what condition it is in. Everything about the place must be made cozy and comfortable, but I wish to avoid an appearance of vulgarity or extravagance." The answer to this was a characteristic telegram: Furniture on the bum, like everything else. Will do the best I can. McNutt.
"Most things is high in Millville," he faltered, "an' wages has gone up jest terr'ble. The boys don't seem to wanter do nuthin' without big pay." "That is the case everywhere," responded Mr. Merrick, thoughtfully; "and between us, McNutt, I'm glad wages are better in these prosperous times. The man who works by the day should be well paid, for he has to pay well for his living.
"Joe were pretty well liked here, though he had a bit o' his dad's sulkiness. He 'n' Ethel Thompson crazy Will's gran'daughter seemed like to make up together; but even she don't know what drav him off 'nless it were the Cap'n's suddint death ner where he went to." Uncle John seemed thoughtful, but asked no more questions, and McNutt appeared to be relieved that he refrained.
Conrad, of the army, joined me, and in the Manhattan we continued on to St. Louis, with a mixed crowd. We reached the Mississippi at Cairo the 23d, and St. Louis, Friday, November 24, 1843. At St. Louis we called on Colonel S. W. Kearney and Major Cooper, his adjutant-general, and found my classmate, Lieutenant McNutt, of the ordnance, stationed at the arsenal; also Mr.
Even Patsy pleaded laughingly that she had certain "fish to fry" that were not to be found in the brook. Soon the three nieces made their proposed visit to McNutt, their idea being to pump that individual until he was dry of any information he might possess concerning the Wegg mystery.
It also caused the cold chills to run down the agent's back. Beth and Patsy had stepped into the lane from a field, being on their way home from their daily walk. "They're calling to you, sir," said Patsy to the agent. "Didn't you hear them?" "I I'm a little deaf, miss," stammered McNutt, who recognized the young ladies as Mr. Merrick's nieces.
When McNutt was handed his letter by the postmaster and storekeeper he stared at its contents in a bewildered way that roused the loungers to amused laughter. "What's up, Peggy?" called Nick Thorne from his seat on the counter. "Somebody gone off'n me hooks an' left ye a fortun'?"
"Green's grass!" he grumbled, and slashed another. Patsy giggled, and the others felt a sudden irresistible impulse to join her. "Keep still!" cautioned McNutt. "Wouldn't ol' Dan be jest ravin' ef he knew this? Say here's a ripe one. Hev a slice." They all felt for the slices he offered and ate the fruit without being able to see it. But it really tasted delicious.
MCNUTT: "Ten Years in a Country Church," World's Work, December, 1910. MCKEEVER: Farm Boys and Girls, pages 129-145. CARNEY: Country Life and the Country School, pages 1-17, 302-327. 177. =Enlarging the Social Environment.= In the story of the family and the rural community it has become clear that the normal individual as he grows to maturity lives in an expanding circle of social relations.
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