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"Why, if it is a good pleasant day tomorrow, I'll get William to call an' invite the capt'in to dinner. William'll be in early so's to pass up the street without meetin' anybody." "There, they're callin' out it's time to set the tables," said Mrs. Caplin, with great excitement. "Here's Cousin Sarah Jane Blackett! Well, I am pleased, certain!" exclaimed Mrs.
They let him go for the whole summer, roaming around being a naturalist, just so's he'll come back in the winter." "And the column?" Fanny asked. "Do they let that go, too?" "I guess he's going to do some writing for them up there. After all, he's the column. It doesn't make much difference where he writes from. Did you know it's being syndicated now, all over the country? Well, it is.
Treat might not think it worth their while to leave the circus they were with on the strength of such uncertain prospects. "And you shall go to the show, Abner," said Toby, pleased at the opportunity he would have of making the crippled boy happy for one day at least; "an' I'll take all of you fellers down, an' get the skeleton to talk at you, so's you can see how nice he is.
Jane, now, is all worked up over it; can't sleep nights, and has gone back to turning down the gas and eating sour cream so's to save and help make it up. But me I call it the best thing that ever happened." "Well, really," laughed Mr. Smith; "I'm sure that's a very delightful way to look at it if you can." "Well, I can; and I'll tell you why.
Maybe you didn't notice it, but I sent out some of the men 'most as soon as they got here, just so's they'd be able to fix things for him to have to stay where we could catch him. Trouble is, none of us don't know him when we see him. I was wonderin' " "Oh, no, not now, Andrew. I know what you mean. You want the girls to go with you, so as to point him out, don't you?
He was took to a 'ospital and the papers was full of 'ow he saved the life of the rich Miss Portman. Well, she used to go to see 'im a lot. When he got so's he could 'obble around, she took 'im out driving and so on. He was a fair-spoken chap in them days and he 'ad a good face. So she fell desperit in love with 'im. He was an 'ero. She told 'er father she was going to marry 'im.
"For my party dress white mull with socks please, Daddy." Amos looked at Lizzie. "It's what she wanted for the Junior Prom, I guess," said the old lady, "poor child." "You shall have fifteen dollars, just as soon as you get well, honey," said Amos. "All right," said Lydia, hoarsely, "tell Kent so's he " She trailed off again into stupor.
Floss yawned again, disinterestedly, and folded her kimono about her. "Go as far as you like. Only don't put things back in my closet so's I can't ever find 'em again. I wish you'd press that blue skirt. And wash out the Georgette crêpe waist. I might need it." The blouse, and skirt, and stockings under her arm, Rose went back to the kitchen to prepare her mother's breakfast tray.
Davis stammered confusedly that he had done nothing, and then hurried on to advise Betty to pay no attention to anything that might happen, but to let the conductor help her on the train. "I've got to wheel the lad down toward the baggage car," he explained, "so's they won't suspect. You see, Miss, this is an oil town and folks do pretty much as they please.
I feel as if everything, buildings and people and all, were crowding me so's if I didn't have a place to stand; and then, after I'm here a while, I got to see the footlights, I got to hear them clapping, I got to dance for the big crowds. Oh, Lord! life's awful funny, always trying to chain you up to one thing or another. But I won't be tied. I got to be free, and I will be free."
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