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Updated: June 9, 2025
They have travelled by stumblin', and have measured every thing by the length of their knee, as they fell on the ground, as a milliner measures lace, by the bendin' down of the forefinger cuss 'em! Turn the tables on 'em. Report on them, measure them, but take care to keep your feet though, don't be caught trippin', don't make no mistakes.
"'The gad-about is a vain thing and a mighty cause for stumblin'. You mind that, an' take better care hencefarrard to set a right example to other maids an' not lead 'em wrong. Theer shan't be no froward liver under this roof, Joan Tregenza, an' you, as be my awn darter's the last I'd count to find wanderin'." She lied as to particulars.
How some folks can fling theirselves. It makes you feel 't ain't much use of tryin', don't it?" "Tryin' for what?" laughed Nate. "Big parties? They're welcome to all the fun they can get out en them, Bill. How'd you and I look slidin' and stumblin' around over that floor of glass, anyhow? No siree! Give me that neat little porch you've got, with Lucy's vine a-growin' 'round it.
"Fine, fine. Got four likely children three boys and a girl baby that gave 'er first yell just a month ago. That pair has struck a lively lick hatchin' 'em out, but it is exactly what they like they say they want just as many crawlers under foot as they can step over without stumblin'." "And you, yourself " Mostyn hesitated. "Have you " "Oh, me?" Webb's freckled face reddened. "Not on your life.
"My house is so full iv books ye cudden't tur-rn around without stumblin' over thim. I found th' life iv an ex-convict, the 'Prisoner iv Zinders, in me high hat th' other day, where Mary Ann was hidin' it fr'm her sister. Instead iv th' chidher fightin' an' skylarkin' in th' evenin', they're settin' around th' table with their noses glued into books.
"Why, no, Mattie," said Sam, a little disconcerted. "Her ma was along." "Why didn't you say so, then?" asked the unappeased beauty. "I forgot all about the old lady, though she was more chinny than the young one. She just seemed like she was a-practisin' the mother-in-law, so as to do it without stumblin' when the time come." "Hullo!
"We thought you were a goner, sure," said Hi Bixby. "I guess I would have been if it had n't been for Royal," said I. "I guess so, myself," said he. "When we saw him stumblin' along all bloody we allowed for sure you was dead!" "All blood?" I cried. "Is Royal hurt?" "As bad as a hoss can be," said he. In camp we found them doing the best they could for him. But it was clearly of no avail.
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