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And there was the usual "weevily hardtack" in the bread-barge. Protest was useless. At last a portly captain began vomiting, and this being contagious, the meal ended; for even the stomachs of the sailors, overcharged as they were with the rich food and wine of the cabin table, were affected by the spectacle.
"'Oly 'eavens!" he murmured, glancing from the cloudless sky to me and back again. "An' sich a whipper-snapper 'oly 'eavens!" "A weevily worm?" I enquired. "Sir, I takes it back!" he answered, tenderly feeling his chin. "There ain't a weevil breathin', no, nor yet a worm as could ha' knocked me off my pins so neat an' true! I takes back weevil an' likewise worm, sir."
“I won’t have none of your weevily wheat, and I won’t have none of your barley, But I’ll take a measure of fine white flour, to make a cake for Charley.” WE were singing rhymes to tease Ántonia while she was beating up one of Charley’s favorite cakes in her big mixing-bowl.
Called the prize within hail; hoisted out the long-boat and sent her alongside and commenced receiving provisions. I felt truly thankful to a kind Providence for this windfall, for we were running short of provisions beef bad, and weevily bread. And here were more than we needed, and of the best.
"I'll show you," said Father, and in a low, poisonous voice he added certain words which could not be made out, but which sounded curiously like "you great big fat weevily ham!" "We can't butt into this party," protested Mr. Hartwig, suddenly feeling himself in a strange town, among strangers, as Father took his arm in front of the bungalow where the party was being fearlessly enacted.
"Well," I answered, stretching myself more comfortably, "let us suppose so what then?" "Why, then, my covey, I'll knock ye off your pins again prompt an' j'yful!" "Under those circumstances I much prefer to remain as I am." "Why, then you're a weevil a worm, ah an' what's more, a weevily worm at that, an' I spits on ye!"
In one of the dances all joined in singing the verses: I won't have none o' yer' weevily wheat, I won't have none o' yer barley; I won't have none o' yer' weevily wheat, To make a cake for Charley. Charley is a fine young man, Charley is a dandy, Charley likes to kiss the girls, Whenever it comes handy.
"All right; here goes. Marietty Bacon, ain't you an' Lime Gilman goin' t' be married?" "No, sir, we ain't," laughed the girl, snatching up the plate and darting away to the house, where she struck up "Weevily Wheat," and went busily on about her cooking. Lime threw a kiss, at her, and fell to work on his log with startling energy.
"All right; here goes. Marietty Bacon, ain't you an' Lime Gilman goin' t' be married?" "No, sir, we ain't," laughed the girl, snatching up the plate and darting away to the house, where she struck up "Weevily Wheat," and went busily on about her cooking. Lime threw a kiss at her, and fell to work on his log with startling energy.
'I won't have none of your weevily wheat, and I won't have none of your barley, But I'll take a measure of fine white flour, to make a cake for Charley. WE WERE SINGING rhymes to tease Antonia while she was beating up one of Charley's favourite cakes in her big mixing-bowl.
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