United States or Armenia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"Aw, we'll have buckets of grub," said the smith. "We'll ask 'em all to 'please bring refreshments, same as they do in families where they never git a good square meal except at surprise-parties and birthday blow-outs. Don't you fear about the feed." "Well, we ought to git the jig to goin'," suggested Field.
And, seeing what looked like a party, down flew, with a whir and rustle, a flock of doves, saying, "Coo-oo! how do-oo-do!" and prinking themselves in our very faces. Yes, we really had too many of these surprise-parties; for, another time, it was a wasp that came to tea, and flew from me to Katy, and from Katy to me, till we flew, too, to hide our heads in grandma's lap.
After another pause, she went on: "What a shame to take you away just when we had all got to know and like you! I suppose we shall have some old fogey now who will preach against dancin' an' spellin'-bees an' surprise-parties. And, of course, he won't like me, or come here an' call as often as you do makin' the other girls jealous. I shall hate the change!"
If it were objected, that, admitting the making of your enemy's flesh flesh of your own flesh would necessarily lead to skirmishes, "surprise-parties," and battles for the sole purpose of getting a dinner, to a sort of pre-prandial exercise, as in fishing, we would simply answer, "Too late!" Our friends who desire the reopening of the African slave-trade declare that they wish to buy slaves only.
On the whole, I felt that the red brother had done me rather a good turn. But I kept on high ground, thereafter, where I could see a mile or two, for I was very much alive to the fact that if another of those surprise-parties jumped me now that my horse was tired they would have a good deal of fun at my expense; and an Indian's idea of fun doesn't coincide with mine not by a long shot!
Word Of The Day