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But sittin' here, an' ponderin' this way an' that, I says, in my deaf an' afflicted style, 'Why not shoot the ugly rogue, if mirth, indeed, be your object? For to wait till an uglier comes to this untravel'd spot is superfluity." How to explain matters to Billy was more than I could tell: but in a moment he himself supplied the means.
Sez I candidly, "I knew you hadn't read it the minute you mentioned the book of Liliputians. But as I wuz sayin', Joseph wuz a likely man. He had the strength to lead the way, overcome obstacles, keep dangers from Mary, protect her tenderer form with the mantilly of his generous devotion. "But she carried the Child on her bosom; ponderin' high things in her heart that Joseph never dreamed of.
Aunt Dilsey, I's grateful to you in my heart, honest I is, fur runnin' me 'way frum yore presence yere jes' a little w'ile ago. You never knowed it at the time I didn't s'picion it also neither but you done me a favor. 'Ca'se settin' out yonder in the stable all alone and ponderin' deep, all of a sudden somethin' jes' come right over me an' I knowed whut's been the matter wid me lately.
"Afore God, ef ye warn't so plum puny an' tuckered out, I wouldn't stand hyar an' suffer ye ter fault me with them damn lies." "Is thet why ye was ponderin' jest now over shakin' me till I bled inside myself?... I seed thet thought in yore eyes." The breath hissed out of Rowlett's great chest like steam from an over-stressed boiler, and a low bellow broke from his lips.
Askin' foolish questions here an' there, forgettin' to do things ye're told to do, ponderin' deep over simple matters, an' above all ye're to neither laugh nor take offense when I berate ye for a dullard. Ye get the idea your knowledge of fur is your only excuse for livin'?" "I get it," smiled Hedin. Murchison studied the younger man intently. "This Wentworth how well did ye know him?
Bulger: it took me two year to find out why he give me such an uncommon name. I mind I was sittin' by a hayrick of Mr. Burke's that was long afore he was lamed by that terrible horse o' his and ponderin' on that heathen name, when all at once it comed to me like a flash o' lightnin'. "'Jehu! says I to myself. 'I've got ya at last. Ya see, when that stranger saw me, I were drivin' a horse.
I didn't say nothin' to any one else, but kept kind o' ponderin' it in my mind, and then one night, about sunset, last week, our dog Rover went over on the hill and sat with his face toward here and give the mournfulest howls I ever did hear. I sent my boy Archibald to call him in, for I couldn't bear to hear it.
"'Well, says the Yallerhouse man, after ponderin' it up one way an' down the other, 'this idee of settlin' for eyes for a hoss an' a hundred dollars is far from bein' usual with me. If I has my eye ag'in, I'd shorely stay an' shoot it out, an' admire to be present. But now sech thoughts is vanity.
The backs of the three visitors were turned toward the house, and her feet on the grass had made no sound so that only Parish himself had known of her coming and he had, with a lifting of the brows, signalled her to wait until old Aaron finished speaking. "I've done sought by prayer an' solemn ponderin' ter take counsel with Almighty God," declared the spokesman.
So he set to ponderin' what was really the best thing for him to do; an' then he did it. "You must understand that we was so close upon his heels that there wasn't room for him to stop an' turn around without us all fallin' on top of him. So what do you think the cunnin' brute did?
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