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Might's well fish as anything else. Prob'ly won't git none. Never do. I'll jus' drop in below here and git some bait an' things." A dozen blocks or so below, he left Wilson on the sidewalk and vanished into a store whose windows were cluttered with ship's junk. Anchor-chains, tarpaulin, marlinspikes, ropes, and odd bits of iron were scattered in a confusion of fish nets.
But I might's well face the truth now. He's just Mr. Sallie Leavitt. And if you don't think that hurts for me to have to own up to it, then you're mighty mistaken. Maybe you can guess too why I ain't so anxious to parade a husband like that before folks." "Oh, well," says I, "sometimes a man gets tagged with a nickname like that and don't half deserve it." "Huh!" says she. "You don't know Mr.
And they're wonderful clannish, too. My Luke, he'd a notion he'd like to run the hull concern, Dorothy 'n' all; but I told him he might's well p'int off. Them Quaker gals don't never marry out o' meetin'. Besides, the farm's too poor." "Good-night, Mr. Jordan," said Evesham suddenly. "I'm off across lots."
As fer me, I'd sooner be seen in my nightgown than in the flighty, flitter-scatter duds the women 'round here wear. Not but you look good enough in 'em, if you'd cover your chest, but play-actin' is meant for young folks not fer old maids like me." "Nay but " "What the lands sakes d'ye holler neigh all the time fer? I'm not agoin' to neigh, an' you might's well make up your mind to't."
"But everything's be'n tried from a sister come on a unexpected visit, to slippin' me five Cinnabar Joe tended to that one's case hisself, an' he done a good job, too. So you might's well save yer wind 'cause there ain't nothin' you can think up to say that'll fool me a little bit.
Suddenly Boylston's pick brought to light something yellow and round something the size of an oyster-can, and wrapped in a piece of oilskin. "You've won one, bet," whispered Mr. Baker, who was inside before the yellow package had ceased rolling across the floor. "Not ef this is it," growled Boylston; "it don't weigh more'n ounce can, wrapper and all. Might's well see what 'tis, though."
"Tell the boys they might's well oil up and be ready." The watch did not have to repeat it we all heard it below, and fore and aft, in cabin and forec's'le, the gang made ready.
The third afternoon following this announcement, Brown was alone in the kitchen, and busy. Seth had departed on one of his mysterious excursions, carrying a coil of rope, a pulley and a gallon can of paint. Before leaving the house he had given his helper some instructions concerning supper. "Might's well have a lobster tonight," he said. "Ever cook a lobster, did you?" No, Mr.
"Sit down again in exactly the same place where you were at the time you saw these yellow eyes staring at you they were yellow, all right, I suppose?" Max continued. "R-r-reckon I did s-s-say that," admitted Toby, "b-b-but I might's well confess right n-n-now that I couldn't s-s-say for sure whether the eyes were g-g-green or y-y-yellow. All I k-k-know is they s-s-stared like anything at me."
By time, I can taste it yet! "Well, there wa'n't no harm in her at all; she was just a fool that had to talk to somebody, males preferred. But my stayin' out nights wasn't helpin' the joyfulness of things to home, and one evenin' one evenin' . . . Oh, there! I started to tell you this and I might's well get it over.
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