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Updated: May 9, 2025

When Maudie reappeared, flushed, and with disordered hair, after her excursion under the counter, French Charlie confronted her. "Looky here. You treated me blame mean, Maudie; but wha'd' you say if I's to off' a rewar' for dat ring?" "Reward! A healthy lot o' good that would do." "Oh, very well; 'f you don' wan' de ring back " "I do, Charlie." He hammered on the bar.

Elizabeth Robins - The Magnetic North

Then he said, quietly, "You needn't build a fire on my account, Link." "Why not?" "Well, I'm used up." "What's the matter?" "I'm sick, and the business has gone to the devil." He looked out of the window. Link dropped the poker, and came around behind the counter, and stared at Sanford with fallen mouth. "Wha'd you say?" "I said the business had gone to the devil.

Hamlin Garland - Main-Travelled Roads