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Gurney, an, if yo chose for t' land, yo were to ha yor money for a farm, when yo wor big eneuf, an if yo turned agen th' land, yo wor to be 'prenticed to soom trade, an ha yor money when yo wanted it, Mr. Gurney bein willin. An I promised him I'd deal honest wi his childer, an Reuben paused painfully. He was wrestling with his conscience, and groping for words about his wife.
Sarratt, that anybody might have! and there I sat thinking of our lads in the trenches thinking of my boy that never grumbled at anything and would ha' been just ashamed to make such a fuss for such a little. And this afternoon the brother's taken him away to be molly-coddled at home. And, of course, they've left us, just when they might ha' been o' soom real service.
'O' course, says I; 'what else? 'What else, indeed? says he, and he did sigh same as if he had a bellows inside of en." "Did he actually say he was a-thinkin' about soom maid?" interrupted Mrs. Baverstock wrathfully. "Bide a bit," retorted Private Caines, wagging his head portentously; "I be a-tellin' the tale so quick as I can.
'I doan't know, said the boy, 'what soart o' tales? 'Why, they'd use to say th' witch walked, on soom neets i' th' year Easter Eve, most pertickerlerly an foak wor feeart to goo onywhere near it on those neets. But doan't yo goo listenin to tales, Davy, said Reuben, with a paternal effusion most rare with him, and born of his recent proceedings; 'yo'll only freeten yorsel o' neets for nothin.
The runner stared wildly at the young man. "I'll soom," he mumbled breathlessly, his hand still crumpled against the dreadfully smeared face. "Dammum, I'll soom." He removed his hand from his mouth, and the red drops splattered and were lost upon the glittering, thirsty sand. Banneker wiped the man's face, and found no injury.
Then all on a sudden he gat agate o' laughin', for when he saw t' mooin' i' t' watter he bethowt him o' a tale his mother had telled him o' soom daft fowks that had seen t' mooin i' t' watter an' thowt it were a cheese an' started to rake it out wi' a hay-rake. "When Melsh Dick heerd him laughin', he were fair mad.
If yo have a sweet tooth an it's t' way wi moast gells I conno see as it can be onythin else but Providence as gave it yo. So get yorsel soom bull's-eyes, Louie, an an' he looked a little conscious as he slipped the coin into her eager hand 'doan't let on ti your aunt! She'd think mebbe I wor spoilin your teeth, or summat, an, Louie Was Uncle Reuben gone mad?
Look aboove! Following his eyes, she saw that he was gazing at a star. 'It ha' shined upon me, he said reverently, 'in my pain and trouble down below. It ha' shined into my mind. I ha' look'n at 't and thowt o' thee, Rachael, till the muddle in my mind have cleared awa, above a bit, I hope. If soom ha' been wantin' in unnerstan'in me better, I, too, ha' been wantin' in unnerstan'in them better.
Ee says ee knows they're set on grabbin' the birds t'other side the estate, over beyond Mellor way ee's got wind of it an' ee's watchin' night an' day to see they don't do him no bad turn this month, bekase o' the big shoot they allus has in January. An' lor', ee do speak drefful bad o' soom folks," said Mrs. Jellison, with an amused expression. "You know some on 'em, miss, don't yer?"
"Shall I raise mine that way?" said Edith. "Weel, ye might soom, but the narrow row coolture will be best for ye, I'm thinkin'." "What's that?" "Weel, just let the plants run togither and make a thick close row a foot wide, an' two feet between the rows. That'll be the easiest for ye, but I'll show ye."
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