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"I'm plumb all right ag'in, Dave, now you're back," she answered, squeezing his hand hard. "But land's sakes, Dave, how ever did you git all that blood on your pants?" "Oh," said the man, lightly, "that's nothin. Tell you about it bime-by. I'm jest starvin' now. Let's have supper quick, and then give old Mr. Sandy Claus a chance.
"Hast got a deer, father?" cried little Nelly, as she bounded in advance of her mother to meet the returning party. "No, Nelly 'tis dearer game than that." "What? a redskin!" exclaimed Dame Gore in surprise; "is he dead?" "No, nor likely to die," said Robin, "he's in a starvin' state though, an'll be none the worse of a bit of our New Year's dinner.
You're one of them that can't live alone without starvin' somehow, so I'm jest goin' to turn you in among them children to paster, so to speak. That's wholesome and fillin' for you, and goodness knows it will be a puffect charity to me, for I'm goin' to be dreadful drove with gettin' up curtins and all manner of things, as spring comes on.
True for ye it's naither walkin', starvin', nor cowld, as'll kill Wapaw." "What does the Black Swan think?" inquired Robin. "We shall see Wapaw when the sun is low to-morrow," replied the Indian. "Mayhap we shall," quoth Robin, "but it behooves us to get the steam up for to-morrow: so, comrades, as there's a good clump o' timber here away, we'll camp."
I didn't take but one bowl of hasty pudding this morning, so I shall have plenty of room when the nice things come," confided Seth to Sol, as he cracked a large hazel-nut as easily as a squirrel. "No need of my starvin' beforehand.
"I knows ye'd rather stay here, but there ain't no jobs folks kin do better starvin' than when they's had their grub. An' th' poor dear man wants yer that bad it makes me feel sorry fer him." "You ought to go and have something to eat, and rest a little, Miss Jelliffe," said the doctor. "This young person appears to have some rather sensible ideas, and you can return whenever you want to."
'Tis little wan poipe av tobacca wud count for betune six starvin' savigees." "Wot I wants," growled the Reserve man, "is to over-'aul a bacca factory afire, and clap my mouth to 'er chimbley-shaft. So take it back, Corporal. It's no manner o' good to me!" All the other voices joined in the chorus, and the be-papered pipe was thrust back upon its owner.
Is it sick?" the boy asked, nodding toward the baby. The girl shook her head. "What ails it then?" "Starvin'." The girl uttered the word in a lifeless tone as if it were a matter of no interest to her. "Where's yer mother?" pursued the boy. "Dead." "An' yer father?" "Drunk." "Ain't there nobody to look out for ye?" Again the girl shook her head. "Ain't ye had anything to eat to-day?" "No."
"Friend, it's a starvin' man that's appealin' to you," said the prisoner, "it's a man that ain't had a full meal in three weeks. Ask that gentleman what we git here, let him tell you what this here sheriff that's up for election agin serves to us poor fellers. Corn dodger for breakfast, so cold you could keep fish on it, and as hard as the rocks in this wall!
A feature of Nickie's very humorous and original impersonation of the Yarra-banker was his waggish begging. When he had danced, before leaving his partner, he assumed a most lugubrious manner, and said: "Dear lydie, would you kindly assist a pore decayed gent, what's got a bedridden wife an' nine starvin' children, all twins? Just a copper, lydie.
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