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"Jest the right thing," went on Uncle William. "And byme-by there'll be little toddlers gettin' over the rocks between here and there." "Yes." "And settin' by the fire, warmin' their toes and eatin' tarts jest the way we used to." "Just the same," said the man. Uncle William mused thoughtfully. The light of flitting memories was in his face.
"I reckon a b'ar chased him and he lost his reckonin'," was John Barrow's comment. "Bring him up to the fire. He wants warmin'." Yet, with all the care they were able to bestow, it was a good hour before Jasper Grinder was able to sit up and relate what had occurred to him. He was very hungry, and eagerly disposed of every scrap of food they had to offer him.
'F-o-o-o-r-r-a-r-d! f-o-o-o-r-r-a-r-d! f-o-o-o-r-r-a-r-d! elongated Watchorn, rising in his stirrups, and looking back with a grin at George Cheek, who was plying his weed with the whip, exclaiming, 'Ah, you confounded young warmint, I'll give you a warmin'! I'll teach you to jaw about 'untin'!
Well, Jabez knew I wuz onwillin' to have him tackle the job of warmin' our house with his new water pipe invention, because I had spoke my mind about it when he and Karen had been over to spend the evenin', and Karen come over the next mornin' ostensibly to borry a cup of molasses, she wuz lookin' wore out, she'd worked so hard the day before, doin' a big washin' and bringin' the water from the creek, and I sez, "Why didn't Jabez bring it for you?"
"Leave your rubber boots right outside on the porch," she said. "Here, give me those flatfish; I'll take care of 'em. Hosy, you'll find dry things ready in your room. Here's your shoes; I've been warmin' 'em. Mr. Campbell I've put a suit of Hosy's and some flannels on your bed. They may not fit you, but they'll be lots better than the damp ones you've got on.
"That may be, sir," said she; "but it won't do to make the run too long, considtherin' he hasn't been able to do a sthroke of work for four weeks, an' if ye'd ever tried one of thim plasters, sir, ye'd know they's as warmin' as sandpaper an' salt; but if I kin git a little slape, it will be better for me than any midicine, inside or out."
"Now then, you idle huzzies, what d'ye mean by blocking up the passage so that a body can get neither in nor out? D'ye want these poor souls to be quite froze to death before you lets 'em in? You, Em'ly, be off to Number 4 and run the warmin' pan through the bed, and give the fire a good stir.
Some of it got into the last cord we bought, an' one night it snapped out, an' most burnt up mother's nightgown an' cap while I was warmin' 'em. We had a real time of it. She scolded me, an' then she laughed, an' I laughed an' so, when I see a stick or two o' beech to-day, I kind o' picked it out a-purpose." John's horse stamped impatiently from the gate, and John, too, knew it was time to go.
"Coffee would be pow'ful warmin'. None o' us hez tasted anything but cold vittles for more'n a day now. Let's take the chances on it." Henry hesitated but the chill was still in his blood and he yielded. Besides the risk was not great. "All right," he said; "gather dead wood and we'll be as quick about it as we can." The wood was ready in a minute. Tom Ross whittled off shavings with his knife.
Been burning brush?" "No," she replied, "jest warmin' up a little." "Why, it's not cold." "I I was wet." "Wet?" said he, astonished. She saw her slip, and flushed. "Fell in the crik," she answered briefly, hastily and falsely. "Why, that's too bad," said he, with ready sympathy, unfeigned and real.
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