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"I hope we do not lose sight of that man," remarked Cora. "Oh Jim can't pull as hard as he thinks, especially on a lazy day when he has been out some," affirmed Ben. "Now suppose you girls just sit on this plank while you wait? 'Twon't cost you nothin'." He dusted off the big plank with his handkerchief, and upon the board, Cora, Bess and Belle seated themselves.
He stood watching her for a moment and then asked: "Well, what are you lookin' for more dust? 'Twon't be hard to find it. 'Dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return. Every time I go outdoor and come in again I realize how true that is." Emily shook her head. "No, sir," she said; "I was only looking at things and thinking." "Thinkin', hey? What about? or is that a secret?" "No, sir.
"Never say you can't, Polly, 'cause you don't know what you can do till you've tried." "You write, Ben," said Polly, imploringly. "No," said Ben, "I think the nicest way is for all to say somethin', then 'twon't be hard for any of us." "Where's the paper," queried Polly, "coming from, I wonder!" "Joel," said Mrs.
They were at the various country clubs, at Wheaton, Lake Forest, Lake Geneva, Oconomowoc, keeping cool, while the general managers, the strikers, and the troops fought out their differences. The menu was curtailed this evening. "'Twon't be long, sir," the waiter explained, "'fore we'll have to kill them cab horses as they done in Paris. Game and fruit and milk can't be had."
"I dunno but yer right. I hadn't thought o' goin' down in th' fall t' freeze up. We'd have t' be gettin' t' our anchorage by th' first o' October." "The's plenty o' time t' do that, sir. 'Twon't take more'n ten days t' fit out." "Then the's th' cost o' shippin' th' crew t' be taken into account, 'n havin' 'em doin' nothin' th' hull winter.
That means I shall stay here, and take a holiday, till he makes up his mind where to ship me to next. 'Twon't be England, I fancy, mother. I wouldn't object to France, egad! I could learn to eat frogs as soon as another man, if it came to that. Well, I need a holiday, after working so hard in that cursed devil's paradise I've just come from.
Wetherell's ear. "Alvy says he has twenty-five thousand dollars to put in if necessary. I'll introduce you to him, Will," he added meaningly. "Guess you can help him some you understand?" "Mr. Bixby!" cried Mr. Wetherell, putting down his knife and fork. "There!" said Mr. Bixby, reassuringly; "'twon't be no bother. I know him as well as I do you call each other by our given names.
"Now, we'll know," he said, coming back to their corner. So with heads together they consulted and counted up till they found that eight weeks and three days remained in which to get ready. "Dear me!" said Polly. "It's most a year, isn't it, Ben?" "'Twon't be much time for us," said Ben, who thought of the many hours to be devoted to hard work that would run away with the time.
They return and M. compounds a four-finger peg. CAPT. G. O bus! bus! It'll make me as drunk as an owl. CAPT. M. Curious thing, 'twon't have the slightest effect on you. Drink it off, chuck yourself down there, and go to bye-bye. CAPT. G. It's absurd. I shan't sleep. I know I shan't! Falls into heavy doze at end of seven minutes. CAPT. M. watches him tenderly. CAPT. M. Poor old Gaddy!
When she paused, the girl's brown cheek lay, for a moment, against the soft, thick hair, in an unspoken caress; then she said cheerfully, "Now, Miss Allie, dear, it's too bad, and Janey's sorry for you all. But jus' you dry up your eyes, an' don' cry no mo'. Mars' Charlie's too good a boy for de Lord to give him very bad time, an' 'twon't be long befo' he's all right again.
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