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Updated: June 28, 2025
There's a late moon to-night, you see." "I wish I could go with you; this old leg " "Never mind now; don't worry. I'll take Bennie Shultz and make him messenger. If Thad's there you can get down to the drug store and call Willstown. That'll make our case sure. By cracky, old scout, five hundred! We can " "Chickens, old man; chickens. Hatch 'em first.
Everything was explained, and Hugh finally found himself able to "break away," being consumed by a desire to run across lots to Thad's house, and tell him the wonderful story. There is no need of accompanying Hugh on his errand, and seeing how Thad took the amazing news. Of course, he was simply thunder-struck, and delighted also beyond measure.
Apparently his interest no longer flagged, for he instinctively guessed that something unusual must come out of Thad's mention of the strange old place, where, as he well knew, Owen Dugdale and his eccentric grandfather lived by themselves. "When I caught the sound of a voice again," continued Thad, "I was interested, because I had heard the one word 'help' uttered.
"Now, children," Persis settled herself and slipping an arm deftly behind Thad's back, she took Diantha's slim hand in hers, "I never was one to be a kill-joy. You drive round as long as you feel like it and don't mind me, no more'n if I was a coach dog running on behind." "Thad!" exclaimed Diantha in peremptory fashion. "I'm going to tell her." "Just as you think best," replied young Mr.
One day Gus and George, the colored man, were working at the far end of the curved dam breast, the stone work having risen to four feet in height. Bill was stooping to inspect the cement on the near end and the view of the hill was cut off. Presently voices came to him, mostly a sort of good-natured protest in monosyllables; then Thad's tones, low enough to keep Gus from hearing.
So Thad hastened to accommodate him; and several of the other fellows followed at his heels, being consumed by curiosity, perhaps; or it might be they suspected something of the truth, and wished to hear Thad's decision in the matter. "Now what?" asked the scout-master, as he reached the spot.
And as the law would punish them if they were caught, perhaps they're hiding while we're in camp so close by." "That sounds good enough for me," remarked Giraffe, taking advantage of Thad's attention being diverted to softly toss another pine knot upon the fire. "Perhaps it's worse than that," Step-hen remarked, in a half-awed voice.
Frank replied in scarcely intelligible language, with a swimming gaze, tending to the cross-eyed, at the captain, "that there was nothing in partiggler the mare with him, but he was very busy. "Busy?" said Captain Edney, severely; "what do you mean?" "Not busy; but busy, busy!" repeated Frank. "You mean dizzy?" "Yes, thad's it! bizzy." He had somehow got boozy and dizzy mixed up.
At length one day I was called up at dawn and went over to take her place once more, and when after several hours had passed I was still with him, Fontenette said, while I bent down, "I have the fear thad's going to go hahd with my wife, being of the Nawth." "Why, what's going to go hard, old fellow?" "The feveh. My dear frien', don't I know tha'z the only thing would keep heh f'om me thad long?"
It would have to be a pretty small individual who could force his way through that window; and yet Thad's fears induced him to observe it with considerable apprehension. But the night passed without any alarm. If strangers landed on the deck of the shanty-boat while the young owners slept, they failed to make their presence known. Morning came at last.
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