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Updated: June 8, 2025
I wisht I could be as sure o' Stokes!" Mrs. Briggs looked up inquiringly. "Stokes is a clever fellow," pursued Top Senior regretfully, slicing vigorously into the cold corned beef, for he was hungry. "Smart as a steel trap, and onderstan's his business. I never see a fireman what hed a better chance o' risin' to an ingineer. He knows Her pretty nigh's well ez I do.
There ain' no sech thing 's trouble 'n this world 'less ye look for it. Happiness won't hey nuthin if dew with a man thet likes trouble. Minnit a man stops lookin' fer trouble happiness 'II look fer him. Things came puny nigh's ye like 'em here 'n this world hot er cold er only middlin'. Ye can either laugh er cry er fight er fish er go if meetin'. If ye don't like erry one you can fin fault.
"There was an owl up in one of our elm-trees one night," began Mrs. Starling. "Du tell! so nigh's that!" said Mrs. Barry from her corner. " And I took up Josiah's gun and meant to shoot him; but I didn't." "He was awful tiresome there!" exclaimed Mrs. Boddington. "What's the use of pretendin' he warn't? Nobody couldn't mind what his sermons was about; I don't believe as he knew himself.
After a moment the light keeper said: "He's been after mine, too." "Eh?... Oh, indeed? You mean " "I mean Raish Pulcifer's been tryin' to buy my Development stock same as he has Martha's. Hey? What say?" "I said nothing, Captain. Not a word, really" "Humph!... Well, he's been tryin' to buy mine, anyway. And, nigh's as I can find out, he's bought every loose share there is.
"And 'twas, in a way. Don't ask me how they got acquainted, 'cause I can't tell you for sartin. Nigh's I can learn, Susannah and Sim had some sort of lover's row durin' their buggy ride, and when they got back to the hotel they was scurcely on speakin' terms.
"Wal, guess we'll probably come acrost one. They's a kind of pigs in these deestricks putty nigh's long 's this boat." "There ain't," returned Sweeny. "Call 'em grizzlies when they call 'em at all," pursued the sly Glover. "They may call 'em what they plaze if they won't call 'em as long as this boat."
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