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He looked about him in the sharp-eyed way characteristic of him, not omitting to include in his survey the toilet articles on the dresser. "Hain't you perty enough without them?" he asked, indicating the lip stick and rice powder. "Us folks hain't used to 'em, much.... Wunst we give a home-talent play here, and there come a feller from Boston to help out.
And wa'n't dat a perty place to put a Christian 'oman into? Deed, I beliebe I should o' gib up de ghose, if I had had de t'ought to t'ink about myself. But I hadn't. I t'ought only of my poor, dear ladyship up dere 'sposed to de treachery ob dem debbils wid nobody to warn her, nor likewise purtect her, poor dear baby! And when I t'ought of dat, seemed to me as my poor heart would 'a' bust.
After dinner we go to Dr. Waltl, with whom we study chemistry, using Gmelin's text-book, and are shown the most important experiments. Next week we are to begin entomology with Dr. Perty, from three to four, three times a week. From one to two o'clock on Saturday we have a lesson in experimental physiology, plainly speaking, in animal dissection, from Dr.
He has had a fever, and been delirious, and all that perty nigh losing his chance o' bein' promoted, he was, one spell! But now I guess his life's about as sure's his commission, which Cap'n Edney says there ain't no doubt about." "So young!" said Mrs. Manly, trembling with interest. "He's young, but he's got what we want in officers that is, sperit; he's chock full of that.
Wish I could look as cheerful, and had a bit o' your pleasant peace o' mind." "But you have forgotten one of my questions; I asked if you knew any ill of George Ludlow," said Fabens. "All I know, I can tell perty quick," said Troffater, and cooked his quid, and spit through his teeth. "What do you know, Tilly?" asked Fabens. "I know an awful cuss hangs over the feller," said Troffater.
"Feel perty friendly to me, too," said Scattergood. "I doubt if you could pass any legislation they wanted to fight hard." "Um!... I'll look out for that end, Johnnie. Now what I want is for you to draw up a bill for me that'll sort of irritate 'em where irritation does the most hurt which, I calc'late, is in the pocketbook.
Complaint's older 'n you or me.... Dum near as old as Deacon Pettybone. Uh-huh!... She's got a attack of life, Nahum, and the only cure for it ever discovered is to let her live.... Sairy's woke up out of childhood, Nahum. She's jest openin' her eyes. Perty soon she'll be stirrin' around brisk.... When you goin' to drive her in, Nahum? To-morrer?" "You you advise letting her do this thing?"
"Well, and Sally tole me how, when she come to herself, she was in dis wessel. But she says she wasn't 'ceived one bit. She 'membered eberyting. And she could swear to de men as stole her, which dey was my lordship and a perty lordship he is! and de captain o' de wessel and de fust mate."
"Chairman of the Board of Selectmen's what he is." "Good man fur't," said Scattergood, waggling his head. "Calculate to be on good terms with him, Marvin? Perty good terms?" "Good enough so's he kin ask me to loan him two thousand dollars he's needin' a'mighty bad." "Give it to him, Marvin?" "Huh!" said Marvin, eloquently. "If I was to indorse his note, think you could see your way clear?"
I gwine hear all dey got to say. An' if dey find me dey can't hang me for it, dat's one good thing! And maybe dey won't find me, if I keep still till my lordship perty lordship he is unlocks de door and goes out, and den I slip out myself, just as I slipped in, and nobody none de wiser. Only if I don't sneeze. I feel dreadful like sneezing. Nobody ever had such an unlucky nose as I have got.
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