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"Don't you know your duty better than to be interfering in the concerns of these people? I am excessively mortified. What will this gentleman think of me?" "Nothin', master," said Bacchus. "Don't be oneasy. I told him I come to ax him a favor on my own 'sponsibility, and that you didn't know nothin' about it. Well, he axed me if I wanted a chaw of tobacco.
What does get into ladies sometimes, I don't know; but, sometimes, when a body has de heaviest kind o' 'sponsibility on 'em, as ye may say, and is all kinder 'seris' and taken up, dey takes dat ar time to be hangin' round and kinder interferin'! Now, Missis, she wanted me to do dis way, and she wanted me to do dat way; and, finally, I got kinder sarcy, and, says I, 'Now, Missis, do jist look at dem beautiful white hands o' yourn with long fingers, and all a sparkling with rings, like my white lilies when de dew 's on 'em; and look at my great black stumpin hands.
MR. STIRN. "Well, you see, you can't go to church, prayers half over by this time. You recollex that I put them stocks under your 'sponsibility, and see the way you's done your duty by 'em! I've half a mind to " Mr. Stirn cast his eyes on the eyes of the stocks. "Please, sir," began Lenny again, rather frightened. "No, I won't please; it ben't pleasing at all.
"Reckon it is," was the capable answer. "Won't you give everybody some, Maria?" For Jem had gone upstairs with a tray and glasses, and Maria seemed to be resting upon her labours. "Dere'll come down orders for mo', chile; and 'spose I gives it to de company, what'll Mis' Lisa do wid Maria? I have de 'sponsibility of Christmas." "But you can make some more," I said, holding my glass in waiting.
Well, I'll do it if so be yer wish it, but I won't take the 'sponsibility of it at the Day o' Judgment. 'I don't want ye to' sez 'e, quite peart. 'I'll take it myself. An' if ye'll believe me, David, 'e sits down an' writes me what 'e calls a 'Memo' of what 'e wants put on the grave stone, an' it's the biggest whopper I've iver seen out o' the noospapers.
LENNY. "No, sir; indeed I does not!" MR. STIRN. "Well, you see, you can't go to church, prayers half over by this time. You recollex that I put them stocks under your 'sponsibility, and see the way you's done your duty by 'em! I've half a mind to " Mr. Stirn cast his eyes on the eyes of the stocks. "Please, sir," began Lenny again, rather frightened.
But neber mind dat; anyting is better dan being all by ourselves in dat house. Terrible sponsibility dat!" "It was lonely," the girl said, "and I am glad we are away from it, whatever happens. What a day this has been! Who could have dreamed, when I got up in the morning, that all this would take place before night?
You come 'long upstairs with me, Miss P'tricia; I'll resume all the 'sponsibility." "Aunt Julia said 'the very next time'; this is the very next time." "She done lay out your dress 'fore she went, honey so crisp and nice and all the pretty pink ribbons," Sarah spoke coaxingly. "Aunt Julia didn't know I hadn't tumbled out of the apple tree then." "I'se going phonegraph your aunt right off!"
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