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Updated: June 5, 2025
Little Rebecca cast furtive glances about in the dark old wood through which they were riding and with a shudder asked: "Is there any danger of Indians?" So often had the savages drenched the earth with blood, that the child had a dread of them. "Dun know, Misse Rebecca. Sam gwine ter fight if Indians come." "But they must not come." "No Injun hurt Misse. Sam not let um."
"He! he! he!" said another; "you'll know how good it is, Misse!" "We'll see her work!" "Wonder if she'll get a cutting up, at night, like the rest of us!" "I'd be glad to see her down for a flogging, I'll bound!" said another. The woman took no notice of these taunts, but walked on, with the same expression of angry scorn, as if she heard nothing.
Winthrop had written of himself at eighteen, in his "Christain Experience": "I had an insatiable thirst after the word of God; and could not misse a good sermon, though many miles off, especially of such as did search deep into the conscience," and to miss this refreshment even for a day, seemed just so much loss of the needed spiritual food.
"Howdy-do, Misse' Jones!" exclaimed Woo in great excitement as he came hurrying out to meet him. "I see you few minutes ago ove' Ike Blay's place! You blakum falo bank, no?" "No, I lose," answered Rimrock honestly. "Ike Bray, he gave me this to eat on." He showed the fifty-cent piece and sat down at a table whereat Woo Chong began to giggle hysterically. "Aw!
I seemed glad of it; but I hear she is too gallant for me, and I am not sorry that I misse her. Thence to the office, setting some papers right, and so home to supper and to bed, after prayers. 5th. Up and to St. James's, and there did our business with the Duke; where all our discourse of warr in the highest measure. Prince Rupert was with us; who is fitting himself to go to sea in the Heneretta.
They have their regular club, where they eat Mulligatawney soup, smoke the hookah, talk about Tippoo Saib, Seringapatam, and tiger-hunting; and are tediously agreeable in each other's company. Believe me, man, there is no greater blisse Than is the quiet joy of loving wife; Which whoso wants, half of himselfe doth misse.
"There rat in 'em," returned the literal and simple-minded black; "you hear what Misse Wyllys say?"
The Chinaman assisted the youth to get into the garment, too, for Captain Rugley had already swathed the scratches on Pratt's chest and arm with linen, after treating the wounds with a pungent-smelling but soothing salve. "San Soo, him alle same have dlinner ready sloon," said Ming, sprinkling 'l's' indiscriminately in his information. "Clapen an' Misse Flank wait on pleaza."
"O, Misse Cassy!" said Tom, throwing himself before her, "for the dear Lord's sake that died for ye, don't sell your precious soul to the devil, that way! Nothing but evil will come of it. The Lord hasn't called us to wrath. We must suffer, and wait his time." "Wait!" said Cassy. "Haven't I waited? waited till my head is dizzy and my heart sick? What has he made me suffer?
Up pretty betimes, and to the Old Swan, and there drank at Michell's, but his wife is not there, but gone to her mother's, who is ill, and so hath staid there since Sunday. Thence to Westminster Hall and drank at the Swan, and 'baiserais the petite misse'; and so to Mrs. But not more than I expected, nor so much by a great deal as I ought to be, for all my offices. So shall be glad to escape so.
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