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I'm not," he reiterated passionately, daring contradiction. "I've sneaked long enough. Now I'm done with it " "See here," inserted Crimmins, dangerously reasonable, "your little white-washing game may be all right to you, but where does Dan Crimmins come in and sit down? It ain't his way to be left standing. You splittin' to the major and Waterbury? They'll mash your face off!
I on'y wish I was, for I'm three sheets in the wind at this minute, an' I've a splittin' headache due i' the mornin'. The way as you've got to find out whether I'm fair an' above-board is to look me straight in the face an' don't wink. If that don't settle the question, p'r'aps it'll convince you w'en I tells you that I don't care a rap whether you go back to that there grog-shop or not.
Haverley was goin' to git married to somebody, why don' you see you'd go way with your husband, an' your brother he'd come here with his new wife, an' everything would be turned over an' sot upside down, an' then Seraphina, she'd have to git up an' git, for there'd sure to be a new kin' of cook wanted or else none, an' Seraphina, she'd fin' her house down to Bridgeport rented to somebody who had gone way without payin' the rent, an' had been splittin' kindlin' on the front steps an' hacking 'em all up, and white-washin' the kitchen what she papered last winter to hide the grease spots what they made through living like pigs, an' Seraphina, she can't stand nothing like that."
Mitchell and he are to dine—" "And Burnett and Clover?" cried Aunt Mary in appalled interruption; "where are they goin’?" "Really, I don’t know." "I don’t like the idea," said Aunt Mary; "we’d ought to all be together. I never did approve of splittin’ up in small parties. Did Jack say anythin’ about my gettin’ another bonnet?" "Yes, he thought that you would go to a milliner first."
"Maybe I can get the chance of sawin' and splittin' that wood. I'll try, anyway. I wonder who lives there?" He immediately opened the front gate, and marching up to the front door, knocked vigorously. "There's somebody at the door," said Sophia. "Perhaps it's John come back," said Priscilla. "I am afraid of going to open it. He might want to kiss me again."
There ain't a mite o' sense in havin' so many children, but it's a turrible risk splittin' up families and farmin' 'em out here 'n' there; they'd never come to no good, an' everybody would keep rememberin' their mother was a Sawyer. Now if you'll draw down the curtin, I'll try to sleep."
I help out round Gafford's liver' stable, and Pete Gafford he lets me sleep in a little room behind the feed room, and his wife she gives me my vittles. Oncet in a while I git a chancet to do odd jobs fur folks round town cuttin' weeds and splittin' stove wood and packin' in coal, and sech ez that." "Not much money in it, is there?" "No, suh; not much.
"Half an hour ago," said Heritage, consulting a wrist watch. "It was him that keepit me waitin' so long. But he's safe enough now, for five minutes syne he was splittin' firewood at the back door o' his hoose.... I've found a ladder, an auld yin in yon lot o' bushes. It'll help wi' the wall. There! I've gotten my breath again and we can start."
The letter-carrier consulted his watch. "It is past her time now, Miss Lillycrop; she can't be long. Pray, sit down. You'll stay and 'ave a cup of tea with us? Now, don't say no. We're just goin' to 'ave it, and my old 'ooman delights in company. There now, sit down, an' don't go splittin' your lungs on that side of her next time you chance to be alone with her. It's her deaf side.
"I've come to demand an inspection of yore herd," broke out the nester harshly. "Why demand it? Why not just ask for it?" cut back Webb curtly. "I'm not splittin' words. What I'm sayin' is that if you've got any of my cattle here I want 'em." "You're welcome to them." Webb turned to his segundo. "Joe, ride through the herd with this man.
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