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"Mebbe you might think it's onusual for Stafford to hire a two-gun man to look after strays," broke in Leviatt at this point. "Two-gun men ain't takin' such jobs regular," he insinuated. "Stray-men is usual low-down, mean, ornery cusses which ain't much good for anything else, an' so they spend their time mopin' around, doin' work that ain't fit for any puncher to do."
'Come, Measter Hepburn, here's Nancy Pratt wi'out ev'n a soul to speak t' her, an' yo' mopin' theere. She says she knows yo' by sight fra' having dealt at Foster's these six year. See if yo' can't find summut t' say t' each other, for I mun go pour out tea.
Old Heck asked after he and Parker and the cowboys were at the house and the first flush of embarrassment had passed. Carolyn June thought she knew where Skinny was, but did not answer. "I don't know what's become of Skinny," Parker said. "Th' Ramblin' Kid's probably out mopin' somewhere.
Arrah now, Con avic, why wouldn't you run out and play a bit this lovely mornin'? Wantin' your mammy? Sure that's foolish talk, and she nobody can tell how far away this minyit. It's just a notion you have.... 'Deed, ma'am, I dunno, but maybe you'd a right to let him home to her, or else he might get frettin' and mopin' himself into the fever.
"But there be no company this Christmas," said the custodian, "and 'is lordship does not entertain, unless it be the new fool 'is lordship sent down 'ere to-day, who has been mopin' and moonin' in the corridors, as is ever the way of these wittol creatures when they are not heeded. He was 'ere in a rare motley of his own choosing, with which he thinks to raise a laugh, a moment ago.
"Doin' a bit o' work, Master Frank," she said. "Yes, a little," he replied. "Well, that's better than mopin' about doing nothing," was the not over-particular rejoinder. Frank smiled. "Well," he said, "a fellow must do something when he can, but there are times when he cannot." "Perhaps," said Marie, rather absent-mindedly, as if she had not understood the meaning of his words.
"She was their last Colleen th' uther craturs wur at home with the Granny," and "he had cum to thry his forthin in Inglind; an' bad forthin it was. But the Lord's will be done, fur the little darlint was happy, any how an' sure they had more av thim at home an' why should she be mopin' an' cryin' her eyes out for her Colleen, that was gone to God!"
Bill Snedden wanted you to come out and see his horse." "See his horse!" exclaimed the doctor in surprise. "Yes, Democracy hasn't been feeling well. Just sort of mopin' around the stall. Not sick just out of sorts, you know, down-hearted like." "Well, why doesn't he get Dr. Moody? Horses are not my line." "O but he says this is different. Democracy is more like a human being than a horse, and Dr.
If you can't find anything to make you laugh, pretend you do; it's so much 'smarter to be amusin'. Now don't you agree?" The philosophy seemed excellent. "We can't all be geniuses, but we can all look jolly." Shelton hastened to look jolly. "I tell the governor, when he 's glum, that I shall put up the shutters and leave him. What's the good of mopin' and lookin' miserable?
Clearing his voice, he said, "Well, Mr Christian, here's what I've got to say. I've bin thinkin' for a long time past that it's of no manner of use your comin' up here day after day an' mopin' away about what can't be mended, an' goin' into the blues. You'll excuse me, sir, for bein' so free, but you shouldn't do it, sir.
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