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"Paw always counseled peace, ef a feller warn't pushed too fur," he alleged in defense of his pacific attitude. "So does I. But Joe, hit's jest on yore own account thet I'd like ter see ye show more sperit. Folks talks erbout you too. I know what blood ye've got, commandin' blood an' ef ye got roused up onc't hit'd mek a more upstandin' man of ye.
"You wouldn't feel it so, if ye hadn't been too 'tarnal lazy to change yer seat," sniffed his wife. "Now, you mind, Jase! That board money comes to me, or you can take Broxton's gal to the ho-tel." Mr. Day shambled out of the front gate without making reply. "Drat the man!" muttered his wife. "If I could jes' git a rise out o' him onc't " It was not far to the dock.
And onc't I spoke to mother about it, and told her ef I thought the feller wanted to marry Marthy I'd jest stop his comin' right then and there.
"Just stick it underneath and hist on one end," he explained. "Can it be done?" asked Harold, doubtfully. "I seen it done onc't I guess you fellers kin do it. Maybe not if you had a bigger car I dunno. Yer welcome to try. But you want to take a block to stick underneath the axle when you get 'er raised."
"Yes, I know'd him; he was a great man." "You are a Democrat?" "I wuz, but ain't now," pensively. "Why ar'n't you?" "Well, you see, I wuz allus a rock-ribbed Jacksonian fr'm a boy; seed the ole gen'ral onc't, an' I voted for Douglas an' Seymore.
Then come ther battle at Claytown ter cap hit off with more blood-lettin'. "One of ther vi'lent leaders war shot ter death an' t'other one agreed ter go away an' give ther country a chanst ter draw a free breath in peace onc't more." Again he fell silent, and when after a long pause he had not begun again Dorothy restively inquired: "What's thet got ter do with me an Bas Rowlett, Gran'pap?"
He added after a moment: "The trouble with the boy is that he has too much imagination. He makes his own private little hell beforehand." "I reckon he never learned to ride herd on his fears." "Jack Beaudry told me about him onc't. The kid was born after his mother had been worrying herself sick about Jack. She never could tell when he'd be brought home dead. Well, Roy inherited fear.
Mebby she got it from them. A site of me will cure her sho'. Tell her I'se comin' to see her as soon as I hear from you that it is her, sho'. Thar might be some mistake, an' I doan' want to take the long journey for nothin', 'case I'm ole, tho' I feels mighty peart now wid de news. Rite me wen you git this. I shall wait till I har, an' then start to onc't. "Yours to command,
Them operations on the sinses," says he, "comprises only particular corporal emotions, connected wid sartain confused perciptions called sinsations, and isn't to be depended upon at all. If we were to follow them blind guides we might jist as well turn heretics at onc't.
"It's big enough, Janice," grumbled Jason. "Does seem as though most years it's too big for us to manage. If Marty, here, warn't so triflin' " "I don't see no medals on you for workin' hard," whispered the boy, loud enough for Janice to hear. "This was a right good farm, onc't," said Aunt 'Mira. "B'fore Jason got his mis'ry we use ter have good crops. That's when we was fust married."
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