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"N-no; I'm quite sure I'll never see you again," returned the boy, giving way to the sobs which he could not restrain. "M-mother says we will never come back again, n-never, never more " He broke down entirely at this point, and a few silent tears trickled over the kind old face of Nell. Natty was too much of a man to give way out and out, but he snivelled a little in spite of himself.
Wetherell put his hand to his head, but he did not dare to ask the question. Then Jethro Bass fixed his eyes upon him. "Hain't never mixed any in politics hev you n-never mixed any?" Wetherell's heart sank. "No," he answered. "D-don't take my advice d-don't." "What!" cried the storekeeper, so loudly that he frightened himself. "D-don't," repeated Jethro, imperturbably.
"Sometimes sometimes I think if he hadn't gone to the capital, Cynthy, this mightn't hev come," he said to her once. "But the doctor said that didn't matter, Uncle Jethro," she answered, trying to comfort him. She, too, believed that something had happened at the capital. "N-never spoke to you about anything there n-never spoke to you, Cynthia?" "No, never," she said.
It was not high enough, indeed, to stand in, but it formed a sufficient shelter from wind and spray. "Now, Peggy, my dear," said her husband when it was finished, "get in there off wi' your things an' wring 'em out." "Th-thank you, J-John," replied Peggy, whose teeth chattered like castanets, "but 'ow am I t-to d-dry 'em? For wet c-clo'es won't dry wi-without a fire. At least I n-never 'eard of "
I-I don't just kn-know how it h-h-happened, it was so blame s-sudden, b-but she 's got her l-l-lasso 'bout me all r-right. But Lord! sh-she 's all fun an' laugh; sh-sh-she don't seem to take n-nothin' serious like, an' you c-can't make much ou-ou-out o' that kind; you n-never know just how to t-take 'em; leastwise, I don't.
"You sit there from morning till night and won't say anything; and now, when there's only one block out, you won't give the word to buy it." "N-never told you to buy anything, did I Ed?" "No," answered Mr. Batch, "you haven't. I don't know what the devil's got into you." "D-done all the payin' without consultin' me, hain't you, Ed?" "Yes; I have. What are you driving at?"
Brown cast a quick, comprehensive glance from the face of the woman to where the man was now leaning lazily against the wall. "All r-right, little g-girl," he said slowly, and with grave deliberation. "I-I reckon I n-never went b-back on any p-pard yet. B-blamed if y-y-you hate thet c-cuss any worse th-than I do. Y-you bet, I 'll take you out o' h-h-here safe 'nough."
"No, oh no!" answered Cleone, clasping her hands, and shrinking before Barrymaine's wild and haggard look. "Oh, Ronald, there's no one there!" "Yes there is, he's always there now always just behind me. Last night he began to talk to me ah, no, no what am I saying? never heed me, Clo. I I asked you to come because I'm g-going away, soon, very s-soon, Clo, and I know I shall n-never see you again.
And taking the initiative for the first time in his life, he stooped down and kissed her. "I knew you would be happy in my happiness," she said, the tears brimming in her eyes. "N-never have been so happy, Cynthy, never have." "Uncle Jethro, I never will desert you. I shall always take care of you." "R-read to me sometimes, Cynthy r-read to me?" But she could not answer him.
"You sit there from morning till night and won't say anything; and now, when there's only one block out, you won't give the word to buy it." "N-never told you to buy anything, did I Ed?" "No," answered Mr. Batch, "you haven't. I don't know what the devil's got into you." "D-done all the payin' without consultin' me, hain't you, Ed?" "Yes; I have. What are you driving at?"
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