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Then as he stooped for her to arrange the posy, she whispered: "I wouldn't care, 'cept fer what folks must say. Le' 's hurry before any one sees us. I told everybody that we wa'n't a-gwine ter break up till ter-morrer mornin'."
Jim rose and stretched himself, "yo' won't go on the b'ar hunt ter-morrer?" "No, Jim, but I'll walk part of the way with you. When do you start?" "'Bout two o' the mornin'." "Then I'll turn in. Good-night, old man! You've given me a great evening. I feel as if I were suddenly projected into a crowd with human problems smashing into each other for all they're worth.
"What am I what are we to do in the meanwhile?" "Ye're ter do nothin', on'y stay in the house ez close ez ye kin, an' wait tell the chance comes ter use ye. Hit may be ter-morrer, an' hit mayn't be fur some days. These army moves are mouty unsartin. Aunt Debby 'll take keer on ye, an' ye 'll not be in a mite o' danger." "But we'll see you frequently?" "Ez offen ez I kin arrange hit.
"I'll be sure t' git word t' him this very night," answered the fictitious Mrs. Bolster. "Well, good-night. I must hurry along, an' git back afore the second relief goes off. All my friends air on it. See yo' ter-morrer, if I kin." "You jest bet you'll see me to-morrow," said Shorty grimly, as he heard Groundhog's mule clatter away.
I'm sure thet ef I thot the Rebels war gwine ter whip our men I'd never want ter see the sun rise ter-morrer. Good-by; we're all in the hands o' Him who seeth even the sparrer's fall." Fortner led the mare a little ways, to where he could get a good view, and then said: "Thet second line o' fires which ye see over thar is our lines them fires I mean which run up inter the woods.
We'll hire the editor tew git out another paper, fust thing ter-morrer!" The services of the "Shoreville Herald," however, were not required to spread the news. The happiest and proudest couple on Long Island saw their names with the story of their sudden accession to wealth in a great New York daily the very next morning.
Then, lowering his voice to oily confidence, he went on: "It's young Lord Labrador Marquis of Toronto's 'opeful. Put 'im through the mill, they 'ave, at yer three-legged race meetin' at Timsdale-'Orton. Made me larf shockin', it did. 'E's got to meet 'is lovin' pa, ten o'clock a.m. ter-morrer mornin', an' I said as I'd see 'im through, and get 'm a wash an' brush up.
"He's done 'gaged hisse'f," she said, "ter cut an' haul wood fur Kunnel Martin ober on Little Mount'n fur de whole ob nex' week. It's fourteen or thirteen mile' from h'yar, an' ef he'd started ter-morrer mawnm', he'd los' a'mos' a whole day. 'Sides dat, I done tole him dat ef he git dar ter-night he'd have his supper frowed in. Wot you all want wid him? Gwine to pay him fur preachin'?"
'Arright, Liza, he answered, and added, almost to himself: 'God bless yer! ''Ulloa, Blakeston, ain't you comin'? said Harry, seeing that Jim was walking off with his wife instead of joining him and Tom. 'Na, he answered, 'I'm goin' 'ome. I've got ter be up at five ter-morrer.
But, if it warn't for luck, for the chance an' the hope of it, things 'ud be upside down an' plain anarchy in a jiffy. If it warn't the pore devil's idea that his luck has got to change for the better, mebbe ter-morrer, he'd start out an' cut his own throat, or some one else's, if he had ginger enough." "It's hardly all luck, is it?" asked Rainey. "Look at you!
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