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Nellie Strong, God bless her, an' Nan, her sister, didn't go agin 'em, but they were in a difficult persition with that cranky father of theirs." "Would Church matters have gone on smoothly but for the Stubbles?" Douglas asked. "They always did before Si an' his brood came to this place. Even supposin' the parsons weren't up to the mark, we would have got along all right.
Besides, a mate might do better than that, and she'd only marry you for your persition." In happy ignorance of the changes caused by his sudden and tragic end, Captain Flower sat at the open window of his shabby Walworth lodging, smoking an after-breakfast pipe, and gazing idly into the dismal, littered yard beneath.
He kept on shouting: 'I've drew Alf into there. 'Is persition ain't tenable. Say it ain't tenable, Guard! I rode round the position, and Alf with his army came out of his cowhouse an' sat on the roof and protested like a like a Militia Colonel; but the facts were in favour of my friend and I umpired according. Well, Alf abode by my decision.
"'Wot's the matter? ses the skipper agin; and as 'e spoke it came over me like a flash wot a false persition I was in, and wot a nasty-tempered man 'e could be when 'e liked. "'Why didn't you tell me you'd got a lady-friend there? ses the boy, shaking his 'ed at me. 'Why, I might 'ave hit 'er with a bit o' coke, and never forgiven myself! "'Lady-friend! ses the skipper, with a start.
"Well, my friends, it isn't at oll difficult to determine that particularity: you oll know that a men lives by food very well; pleece that men in a persition where he can't procur food and the nethrel kensiquence is that he must die. Eh ha! ha! ha! do you kimprehind?" "Not a doubt of it," replied Mr. Crowd, "but sure, at any rate, we will kimprehend it by-an'-by."
"I don't want ter fight," replied Clo, "'taint my way only I knows my persition and I 'spects ter be treated 'cording." The handkerchief was something Clo had coveted for a long time, and the gift quite restored her good-humor. "Dat's as it orter be," said 'Dolf.
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