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"I'll get him," said John Broom, casting down his hat. "Ye'll get yer neck thrawed," said the farm-bailiff. "We won't hear of it," said the little ladies. It was not an easy tree to climb, and he had one or two narrow escapes, which kept the crowd breathless, but he shook the hair from his eyes, moistened his hands afresh, and went on. The farm-bailiff's far-away heart was stirred.
I heard the noise of his breathin' paarts when he had brown kitty in the fall three years ago, an' awnly thrawed it off thanks to the gracious gudeness of Miller Lyddon, who sent rich stock for soup by my hand. But to hear un, you might have thought theer was a wapsies' nest in the man's lungs." "I doan't want to be nuss to a chap at my time of life, in coourse."
"No; it was flying after a peewit, and the dog caught it. Willie Hercus thrawed its neck." "Well, well, that's most amazing. How I wish I'd been with you. I'd rather hae caught a harrier than a hundred sea trout." "Did ye get some good fishing at the Bush, sir?" I asked, changing the subject. "Oh, ay, very good, very good; thanks to those hooks o' yours, Halcro.
"'Tis the Dane. He went over to Truro yesterday to the wrastlin', an' got thrawed. I tell'n there's no call to be shamed. 'Twas Luke the Wendron fella did it in the treble play inside lock backward, and as pretty a chip as ever I see." Mendarva began to illustrate it with foot and ankle, but checked himself, and glanced nervously over his shoulder. "Isn' lookin', I hope?
Bartlett was present and explained. "Them chets had to gaw, missy. 'Tis a auld word an' it ban't wise to take no count of sayings like that. 'May chets bad luck begets. You've heard tell o' that? Never let live no kittens born in May. They theer dead chets comed May Day." "You'm a cruel devil!" she said hotly; "how'd you like for your two lil children to be thrawed in the water, May or no May?
While Miller Lyddon still argued with Billy against the step he now designed, there arrived from Chagford the stout Mr. Chappie, with his mouth full of news. "More weddin's," he said. "I comed down-long to tell 'e, lest you shouldn't knaw till to-morrow an' so fall behind the times. Widow Coomstock 's thrawed up the sponge and gived herself to that importuneous auld Lezzard.
So Tim hit un hard wi' a gert stone, an' he yelped an' gived me up for lost, an' bolted home wi' his tail between his legs an' his eye thrawed back full of sadness over his shoulder. Ess fay! I can see the dust puffin' up under his pads in the grey dawn so clear as I can see you." Again she stopped, but only for breath. "They never answered my writings. Faither wouldn't an' mother didn't dare.
They could not close again with the girl between them, and the stranger, his anger holding its breath, glanced at her with sudden interest, stayed his angry growl, suffered rage to wane out of his eyes and frank admiration to appear in them. "Doan't be fighting!" cried Phoebe. "Whatever's the mischief, Will? Do bate your speed of hand! You've thrawed the gentleman down, seemin'ly."
And I'm sorry I thrawed 'e; but you was that glumpy, and of course I didn't know 'e from Adam. I'm Will Blanchard." "Never mind, Will, we'll try again some day. I could wrestle a bit once, and learned a new trick or two from a Yankee in Africa." "You've come back 'mazin' rich they say, Jan Grimbal?" "So, so. Not millionaires, but all right both of us, though I'm the snug man of the two.
He ban't himself 'tall. You'd best to go arter en now this minute. An' theer's things to be done in Penzance the doctor an' the crowner an' an' the coffin-maker. Do what you can to take trouble off the auld man." "Get me my coat an' I'll go straight 'way. 'Tis thrawed awver the poor faace of her." Two minutes later Mr.
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