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Then comes the putting on the great plates, timbers that run lengthwise of the building and match the sills below. Then, if there is time, the putting up of the rafters. In every neighborhood there was always some man who was especially useful at "raisin's." He was bold and strong and quick. He helped guide and superintend the work.
Now he's got to play second fiddle." But Cameron remained unenlightened. "Oh, pshaw!" continued Tim, making further concessions to his friend's stupidity. "At the dances, at the raisin's, runnin', jumpin' everythin' Perkins used to be the King Bee. Now " Tim's silence furnished an impressive close to the contrast. "Why!
I never co'ts her; but I meets her frequent at barn raisin's an' quiltin's, which allers winds up in a dance; an' in them games an' merriments, sech as "bowin' to the wittiest, kneelin' to the prettiest, an' kissin' the one you loves the best," I more than once regyards Polly as an alloorin' form of hooman hollyhock, an' selects her.
Now, then, here ye are, nivver a man of ye able to agree wid the others; an' the raisin's not far to seek for yer all wrong togither. It would nivver do to make wan o' you a king not even Joe here, for he knows nixt to nothin', nor yet Mister Rig Gundy, though he can fight like a man, for it's not a king's business to fight. No, take my word for it; what ye want is a queen "
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