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"Answer 'em," said his best friend. "But supposin' I can't? Then what?" "He won't ask questions, Bobby. People never do when a potentate is on his throne. It's shockingly bad form." "I hope he won't stay long," prayed Bobby, a grave pucker between his brows. He was a very tired little boy. His eyes were heavy with sleep and his lips were not very firm.
"If I 'ad, Jem, supposin' that I 'ad," said the cook, in accents of reproachful surprise, "do you mean to say that you'd mind?" "MIND," said Mr. Lister, with fervour. "I'd 'ave you 'ung!" "But you said you wanted to die," said the surprised cook. Mr. Lister swore at him with startling vigour. "I'll 'ave you 'ung," he repeated, wildly. "Me," said the cook, artlessly. "What for?"
"Supposin' I was to tell him that one about my first wife?" said the old man presently, and with an inquiring look around the circle. Several heads were nodded approvingly, and Mr. Crumlish said, "The very one I'd 'a' chosen myself if you'd ast me."
"Wal, you've answered half of the question. An' now supposin' a lot of my cattle was stolen by rustlers, but not a single one of your sheep. What 'd you think then?" "I'd shore think rustlers chose to steal cattle because there was no profit in stealin' sheep." "Egzactly. But wouldn't you hev a queer idee aboot it?" "I don't know. Why queer? What 're y'u drivin' at, Uncle John?"
'Ee takes 'is wine and 'is beer like a gentleman, 'ee does, and 'ee don't 'ave no use for Billy Breen. Billy, 'ee's a beast, and t' manager, 'ee kicks un hout. But supposin' Billy wants to stop bein' a beast, and starts a-tryin' to be a man again, and w'en 'ee gets good an' dry, along comes some un and says, "'Ello, Billy, 'ave a smile," it hain't picters nor magazines 'ud stop un then.
If we rise up as one man next Tuesday and put a ticket into the ballot-box that says we are going to make it so, and keep it so, you'll see a new commodity tariff put into effect on the Western Pacific Railroad the day after." The speaker paused, and into the little gap of silence barked a voice from the gallery. "That's what you say. But supposin' they don't do it?"
"He's her own poy!" cried the piper, much comforted; and his hand sought his head, and lighted gently upon it. "Put, maype," he went on, "she might not haf loved you so much if she hadn't peen tinking sometimes " He checked himself. Malcolm's questions brought no conclusion to the sentence, and a long silence followed. "Supposin' I was to turn oot a Cawmill?" said Malcolm, at length.
Trotter was plainly deeply interested by this time in the story connected with the coming of these seven scouts. "Sure I'll do all I kin to help you land the critters, boys," he assured them. "But that swamp is some big, an' I guess as haow you'll have all you want to do achasin' through the same. Supposin' naow you let things rest till tomorry, and make an early start.
'Ay? Binks leaned on his spade, and, resting, stared fixedly up into the face of the boy-speaker. 'Sick of it, be you? And what be you supposin' as Muster Price feels? A deal sicker, I make no doubt, toiling and moiling every week-day as the sun rises on, a-tryin' to till sich unprofitable ground as your b'y-brains! I dunnot 'spose as you ever looked at it from his pint of view, did ye?
'D'ye think I'm completely mad? There's something wrang wi' ye when ye can sponge aft a girl, even supposin' she's fat. So ye can tak' ma offer or a dashed guid hammerin' when the first chance comes. 'Dinna be sae free wi' yer hammerin's, ma lord! Remember, it was a draw the last time. 'I wasna angry, an' I had gloves on. Willie considered for a moment and decided to compromise.
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