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"Yes indeed," replied Nan, promptly. "I'll find time somehow." Tode hesitated, moved uneasily in his chair and finally said, "'Spect you'll have to trust me for the first lot, Nan. I ain't got no money, ye know." "Why, Tode, have you forgotten that ten dollars you asked me to keep for you?" "No 'course I ain't forgot it, but I thought maybe you'd had to use it.
Ef you'd like ter keep yerse'f out o' mischief, you Greg'ry, you kin go 'long and tell him I wants him to carry a letter fur me." "I'll do that," said Gregory, "fus' thing in de mornin'." "Better go 'long now," said Aunt Matilda. "Too late now, Aunt Matilda," said Gregory, anxiously. "Couldn't git dar 'fore dark, no how, and he'd be gone away, and I 'spect I couldn't fin' him."
Then too, they hiss, and spit, and swear at one, and are altogether devilish in their aspect and demeanour; nor are they good for food, except, as Jack with much humility said this morning, for coloured folks 'Good for coloured folks, missis; me 'spect not good enough for white people. That 'spect, meaning expect, has sometimes a possible meaning of suspect, which would give the sentence in which it occurs a very humorous turn, and I always take the benefit of that interpretation.
"Darry, he don't mind to keep his prayers secret, he don't," she added with a half laugh. " 'Spect nothin' but they'll bust the walls o' that little house some day." "Dey's powerful!" added Theresa. "But he warn't prayin' no harm; he was just prayin', 'Dy will be done, on de eart' as it be in de heaven' Pete, he tell me. Darry warn't saying not'ing he just pray 'Dy will be done.!" "Well?"
What can you spect to come of it, when he lies idlin' round in his old week-day close, fishing, or some sich, but what the Devil should be arter him at last, as he was arter old Cack?" Here Sam winked impressively to my grandfather in the opposite corner, to call his attention to the moral which he was interweaving with his narrative.
"How the pigs did run!" said Holly; "'spect, Miss Amy, they mistook you for a little broder!" At this sally Sylvia laughed louder than ever; but perceiving my distress, she observed, in a kind tone: "Never mind, Miss Amy, we can't help laughing, you know and you'll laugh too, when you git out of this here mess.
No answer was made for a minute, and then Dave said, in a low, frightened voice, as he stole a glance at both of his companions out of his fiery, scarred eyes: "Kidnappin', I 'spect."
I wish you to keep watch of the clearing while I do." "Don't 'spect none of dem Injines will be back here?" "No, but Oonomoo will probably soon be. I want you to see him the minute he comes, and awaken me so that there shall be no unnecessary delay."
"I suppose she'll leave him a large legacy in her will." "I 'spect you is right, Massah St. John; dat boy will be pervided for, suah as my name's Ben." "You talk as if you already knew something of this?" said St. John quickly. "I does know somet'ing, sah." "Has my aunt ever spoken to you on the subject, Ben?" "I don't know as I ought to answer dat dar question, Massah St. John."
They're dead sweet on her an' ain't likely to 'spect who's got the stuff while she's around." Victor nodded approvingly. His face was less angry. He knew Davia would serve him well. A silence fell again. The stove roared under the forced draught of the damper. Then the big man spoke as though he had not broken off. "But that ain't on'y the reason, I guess. I wanted her to stay.
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