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They don't regyard themse'fs as surrenderin' neither; they esteems passin' me the lance as inauguratin' a armistice an' looks on themse'fs as guests of honor an' onder my safegyard, free to say "How!" an' vamos back to the warpath ag'in whenever the sperit of blood begins to stir within their breasts.
Andy looked upon them with vast disdain. 'An' is this what ye call a 'lection in America? said he. 'Where's the vothers, or the candidates, or the speeches, or the tratin, or the colours, or the sojers, or anythink at all? An' ye can't rise a policeman itself to kape the pace! Arrah, let me out ov this home, Misther Robert. There's not as much as a single spark ov sperit in the whole counthry!
'If your raverence 'id do that same, it 'id be plasin' to us, says Andy. 'It'll be rather expinsive, says the priest. 'We'll not differ about the price, your raverence, says Andy. 'Did the sperit stop long? says the priest. 'Most part iv the night, says Nell, 'the Lord be merciful to us all! says she. 'That'll make it more costly than I thought, says he.
"At leas'," he resumed, seriously, "hit did look like a hard case at fust, but by de grace o' Gord I done 'skivered de way ter do it! "Ef we all had ter live up ter our skins, hit'd be purty hard on a heap of us; but, bless de Lord! he don't look at de skins; he looks at de heart! "I tries ter keep my heart white, an' my soul white, an' my sperit white!
"Ef ye dies Bud Sellers belongs ter me ter kill an' I won't nowise fail." But at that the wounded man raised a deter rent hand shaken with palsied anxiety. "No no!" he gasped. "Thet's ther sperit I've done sought ter combat all my life ther shot from ther la'rel ther lay-wayin' of enemies. I couldn't rest easy ef ye denied me that pledge."
"Among other weaknesses this Todd imports from the States is, he's afraid of snakes. Rattlesnakes is his abhorrence, an' if each is a disembodied sperit he can't want 'em further off. He's allers alarmed that mebby, somehow, a rattlesnake will come pokin' in onder his blankets nights, an' camp with him while he's asleep. An' this yere wretched Jaybird fosters them delusions.
The captain once more ordered and obtained silence. "We've had enough of this," he growled. "This ain't a play-actin' show to laugh at. If we can't behave accordin' as we should we'll give it up. Marietta says she can't get into contact with the sperit world without music. Would it do if we was to sing somethin', Marietta?" Miss Hoag faltered that she didn't know's she hardly believed 'twould.
And I thought the woman looked quite a little perter; it duz down-trod folks lots of good to have somebody take their part. I felt kinder good to think I had lightened a sister female's sperit a little, and wuz walkin' along quite comfortable in mind when like an arrow out of a bo, the old pain and anxiety stabbed me afresh. Another hour gone and Josiah Allen not found! What shall I do?
That old long-buried Tory ancestor of hisen eggin' him on, so I spoze, and Polly's generous sperit rebellin' aginst the injustice and selfishness, and mebby some warlike ancestor of hern pushin' her on to say hash things. 'Tennyrate he had grown less attentive to her, and wuz bestowin' his time and attentions elsewhere.
Mighty few nice bits would the old man git wasn't it for you and Miss Eulie. Then I watch the good people goin' to church. 'Mazin' few out wet Sundays. But no doubt they've all got the 'sperit' to go. They would jist as lief be sawn in two pieces 'in sperit' as not, if they can only sleep late in the mornin' and have a good dinner and save their Sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes from gettin' wet.
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