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Well, afther restin' for awhile, he began agin, and he put his shouldher to the work in airnest; but still the room was no fuller at all, at all.
When he got so hoarse we couldn't tell what he said any more, he jest mouthed it, an' at last he dropped back and laid like he was pinned to the sheets, an' I thought he was restin', but 'twa'n't an hour 'til he was gone." Suddenly Mrs. Freshett lifted her apron, covered her face and sobbed until her broad shoulders shook. "Oh you poor soul!" said my mother. "I'm so sorry for you!"
The mysterious voice came again with a note of irritability. "Well, I was restin'. I mus' have some rest, mustn't I? I've been helpin' all mornin'." "Well, couldn't you see we were putting things in?" The unseen presence spoke again. "No, I can't. I wasn't lookin'!" "You can't get out, William," said Mrs. Brown desperately. "We can't move everything again.
He needs feedin' and restin' up. That boy your boy?" "That kid! Huh! I picked him up when he was starvin' to death over to Enright. I been feedin' him and his no-account dog for a year, and neither of 'em is worth what he eats." "So? Then I reckon you won't be missin' him none if I take him along up to my place." The horse-trader did not want to lose Young Pete, but he did want Annersley's money.
Young Marsh went down to see her off, and the station agent told the milkman that he stood lookin' after the train until you couldn't even see the smoke from the engine. The agent was restin' after havin' helped hist the trunks on the train, and young Marsh up and handed him out a dollar, without even sayin' what it was for.
If there's anything doin', why, I'm game, but such monkeyin'! There was that picture-machine idiot workin' the crank as if he was shellin' a thicket-full of Injuns with a Gatling, and his fool cap turned round with the lid down the back of his neck, and me and Collie, the only sensible-actin' ones of the lot, because we was actin' natural, jest restin'. I got sick and tired.
"What wi's restin' so bad o' neets, an' th' gettin' up an' down to him, an' feedin' him, an' shiftin' him he's that 'eavy I cannot stir him mysel' I 'ave to wait till th' lads comes back fro' work eh, it's weary work! I'm very nigh killed wi't." "Well, but if he gets better, you know," suggests the visitor, "you'll be glad to have nursed him so well."
I don' want dat one eye er his'n restin' on me no longer 'n I kin he'p, an' I don' know how I'm gwine ter like dis job ef he's gwine ter be comin' roun' here. He ain' nothin' but po' w'ite trash nohow; but Lawd! Lawd! look at de money he's got, livin' at de hotel, wearin' di'mon's, an' colloguin' wid de bes' quality er dis town! 'Pears ter me de bottom rail is gittin' mighty close ter de top.
Raisins is mighty good, but let 'em buy their own, says I. And don't you be doin' nothin' but restin', ma'am, while I'm gone. If I'm off enjoyin' myself 'tain't fair as you should be up here a-workin'. There's not much to be done anyway, but I'll get through with it," he ended with a smile. Away went Pat, stepping jauntily with his basket on his arm.
It was moonlight when the stranger returned, and handed the packages to Idy at the kitchen door. "Pappy's asleep," she whispered, in answer to his inquiries; "he seems to be restin' easy." "Is there no one about the place but yourself and mother, Miss Starkweather?" Idy shook her head. "Well, then, if you don't mind, I think I will put my horse in the barn, and sleep in the shed here, on the hay.
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