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My Brita iss born, and little Jan, and I dink alvay, 'I must haf home vere dey may know more; and all de days it iss America dat dey say iss home for all, and much money so much no man can be hungry, and vork iss for all. Brita iss ready, and soon ve come, and all de children glad.
"Nein; I don't valks, miss; ven I ish god dings to pring abbles or botatoes or some dings else I say to mine Shakey, 'Just hitch de harness on de horse and hang him to de stable door; or if I got nodings to pring I tells de poy, 'Hitch him up a horseback; den I comes in to mine vork and I tash! I don't hafs to valk nod a shtep."
His black hair was thrown carelessly back from a broad white forehead, while his mouth and chin were concealed under a full dark beard. His eyes, of the same dusky hue, peered keenly through glasses. "Professor, here I have mine leetle vriend, Mees Sara Olmstead; and zis, Mees Sara, ees ze good man with whom you do vork, Professor Macon."
The Swede was going to ship the crew for the Golden Bough that night! That meant he needed sailors. For they knew ships, those men, and they knew the Golden Bough. Some of them had sailed in her. The Swede grinned jocosely at me. "How you like to ship by the Golden Bough! There ban easy ship, Ja! Plenty grub, easy vork, good mates " "Yah-h-h!"
The man grinned when he came to spots where they must have proceeded very slowly with the heavy sleigh, and his brows corrugated when he saw that they had speeded up again. "Dey drive tern horses fast," he reflected. "Dey don't vant trafel dis road back in dark, sure ting, to break dere necks. Dey vant make qvick vork. But I ban goin' some, too, you bet."
I vill not keep dis man on so big wages to do vat you call odd-and-end vork. We do odd-and-end vork ourself." There was no discussion of the point. John Weitbreck knew better than ever to waste his time and breath or temper in trying to change a purpose of his father's or convince him of a mistake.
The girl blushed, fumbled with her apron, and then replied, "Vell, you pay me four tollars a veek "Yes, and I really can't pay you any more." "It's not dot," responded the girl; "but I be villing to take tree tollars till till your husband gets vork." Even married life does not affect some people unpleasantly, or take away the fine spirit of their charity.
"He care more for der schpots on der sun dan for his schilder. For der last veek it's all peen schpots on der sun, notting put schpots. Vat goot dey do us? Dare's peen light to vork py, put efry minit he schtop vork to run to der roof und see dem schpots vot he says on der sun.
'Say, said he, 'who vass dot yong feller in the room here a few minutes ago? He referred to a young friend of mine who had chanced to drop in. I vant her to get married pretty soon now. She iss a nice goil, too. "'No, that vont vork.
Ve vork fer him now, an' some day he make big money an' take care of us!" Education as seen through Mr. Lavinski's eyes took on a new aspect for Nance. It seemed that you did not get rich by going to work at fourteen, but by staying at school and in some miraculous way skipping the factory altogether. "I vork with my hands," said Mr. Lavinski; "my Ikey, he vorks with his head."
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