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"There's been no misunderstandin' on my part," retorted Pat, with an injured air; "I've got as dainty a bit o' scandal jist under me tongue as iver ye spiced yer paper wid, and yees thrates me as if I was the inimy o' yer sowl." "Well, you see," said the editor apologetically, "your not being in our regular employ, Mr. I beg your pardon and your coming in this unusual way and hour "
I cannot help fancying most people make, ere they marry, some such table of recommendations as Hannah Godwin wrote to her brother William anent her friend, Miss Gay. It is so charmingly comical, and so pat to the occasion, that I must quote a few phrases. "The young lady is in every sense formed to make one of your disposition really happy.
"Murder!" said Strong. "But " "Who is it?" demanded Joan. "A little man who can tell us a great deal if and when he regains consciousness! Pat Troy!" "Vroom-m-m!" As the shattering blast of noise pounded against his eardrums, Tom Corbett opened his eyes, blinked, and stared around him.
Peletiah's breath was gone entirely by this time, and he sank down by its side without a word, his brother following suit. "I shall carry it now," announced Rachel, gathering up the little pat, safe in its white cloth. "My! 'tain't hurt a bit" She brushed off a few marauding ants. "Come on, now!" Peletiah struggled to his feet and gasped, "I shall carry it," and put out his hands.
I followed her up to the platform, while they pinned a little badge on her, and every one laughed at me. Then they sang, "God Bless our Native Land," and the president told us that we might all go home. It seemed to me a lovely thing for those children to meet together to talk about kindness to animals. They all had bright and good faces, and many of them stopped to pat me as I came out.
But little Jones was scared. "I want my money," said he; "perhaps I'd better take those bonds after all." "Look here," suddenly said Keith, who had been making up his mind. "I'll guarantee you the full amount in cash, within, say, two weeks, but only on this condition: that you go out now, and spread it about everywhere that you are going to stand pat.
Meanwhile Sir Peter Tedril had "come hastily to the little group around Madame, just as she was saying jestingly to Delrose "Come, George, own up, you and the nun are a black pair. Hadn't I better go and pat and purr over dear Sir Lionel?"
Too well she recognized that his passion must have driven him insane, as he must know at what cost he took such liberties with one who could not lightly be so treated. But these reflections afforded poor consolation. It was not of the penalties that Lou Chada must suffer for this infringement of Western codes, but of the price that she must pay for her folly, of which Pat was thinking.
'And so did Aunt Mattie, added Pat. 'She said it suited her. Is it true that she's coming here to have lessons, mamma? 'Who told you so? asked his mother, with some surprise. 'There's nothing settled about it. Pat and Archie glanced at each other, but neither replied. Their mother, however, did not notice their silence, for just then Miss Ward made her appearance.
I met an Irishman, one Pat Lannigan, last week, who had just returned from the States. 'Why, says I, 'Pat, what on airth brought you back? 'Bad luck to them, says Pat, 'if I warn't properly bit. "What do you get a day in Nova Scotia?" says Judge Beler to me. "Four shillings, your Lordship," says I. "There are no Lords here," says he, "we are all free.
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