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I guess if I arrested ye right naow an' these gals, too the jestice of the peace would consider I done jest right." "Oh!" murmured Helen, clinging to Ruth's hand. "He can't do it," whispered the latter. "I feel sure, sir," said Tom, politely, "that it will be unnecessary for you to go to such lengths. I will pay satisfactory damages. There is the lamb we struck and the only beast that is hurt."
Every kine o' money runs daown, on'y it's the nater o' bills to run daown a leetle quicker nor other sorts. Naow I says, an I ain't the ony one ez says it, that all guvment's got to dew is tew keep a printin new bills ez fass ez the old ones gits run daown. Times wuz good long in the war. A feller could git baout what he assed fer his crops an he could git any wages he assed.
"Naow what's the use'n his talkin' baout the 'wonderful mountain air, an' the 'sparklin' springs, an' er sayin' that they'll do such a sight fer Sabriny? "We know what the air is, an' fer that matter, so does she; she's allus lived here.
"Him as wrote that hymn was Cardinal Newman. They say he wrote it at sea, maybe he wrote it in a storm like this. He was a Protestant, and was just turning into a Catholic. Didn't know whether he would or whether he wouldn't, loike. That's what he means when he says, 'Lead, Kindly Light. He was i' th' dark, and wanted lightin'. It was all dark, don't you see, just loike it is naow."
Wal, yis, naow goin' to walk to the cross-road tavern? better not. Jest wait a minit and I'll hitch up and take ye over. "Thank you, Biah, but I can't stop, and I'd rather walk, so I won't trouble you." "Wal, look here don't ye want a sort o' nest-egg? I've got fifty silver dollars laid up: you take it on venture and give me half what it brings." "Thank you, Biah.
"There, ye can rest naow, fer a spell, 'til ye git yer wind, an' then I'll set ye at it agin." One of the horses snorted derisively, but Jabez Brimblecom cared little for that. He drew from his hip pocket a large envelope, and opening the letter which it contained, adjusted his spectacles and laboriously read it for the third time.
"Come, look here naow, yeou, don' stan' aäskin' questions over 'n' over; 't beats all I ha'n't I tol' y' a dozen times?" As Abel spoke, he turned and looked at Mr. Bernard. "Hullo! What 'n thunder's that'ere raoun' y'r neck? Ketched ye 'ith a slippernoose, hey? Wal, if that a'n't the craowner! Hol' on a minute, Cap'n, 'n' I'll show ye what that 'ere halter's good for."
Dick looked from the weapon to the person who held it, and saw a sturdy, plain man standing over him, with his teeth clinched, and his aspect that of one all ready for mischief. "Lay still, naow!" said Abel Stebbins, the Doctor's man; "'f y' don't, I'll stick ye, 'z sure 'z y' 'r' alive! I been arfter ye f'r a week, 'n' I got y' naow!
Then she felt his shaking hand upon her shoulder and heard him mutter with husky tenderness: "My dear, this is the fust chance since we've been married that I've had to take the wust of it. Don't say a word agin it naow, Mother, don't yer. I've brought yer ter this pass. Lemme bear the brunt o' it." Ah, the greatest good of all had not vanished, and that was the love they bore one to the other.
If the agricultural person with the hair will kindly shut his head, the sea-green barnacle with the wall-eye may per-haps condescend to enlighten us." "Naow you've made a show o' me, Salters," said Disko, angrily. He could not stand up to that particular sort of talk, and snapped out the latitude and longitude without more lectures.
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