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As her eye traveled over the silent groups, Blagg went on: "You see, miss, as I say we got families and the women-folks " "Don't blame the women, Joe," interrupted the girl. "If they got half of what the saloons leave they'd have no kick coming. I'll bet they're not back of this. You've been listening to a half-baked fool who couldn't make a living if dollars grew on trees.
At noon the boys sometimes sat in the wagons and swung the whips without cracking them: now it was permitted to give them a little snap in order to bring the horses up in good style; and the boy was rather proud of the horse if it pranced a little while the timid "women-folks" were trying to get in. The boy had an eye for whatever life and stir there was in a New England Sunday.
My women-folks say that he actually liked the girl, because she was the only one in the house that was ever kind to him; they say the girls were just ragin' mad at the idea o' havin' a hired gal who had waited on 'em as a sister-in-law, and they even got old Mammy Harcourt's back up by sayin' that John's wife would want to rule the house, and run her out of her own kitchen.
"So long as you keep quiet and don't attempt any tricks you can come on deck as often as you like only don't let the women-folks show themselves, or they'll get into trouble, and I nor you won't be able to help 'em.
"As ye air so powerful sot on goin' to mill, whether or no, I'll leave this hyeh sack at the bend O' the road, 'n' ye kin git it thar. I'll bring the meal back ef ye puts it in the same place. I hates to see women-folks a-ridin' this horse. Hit spiles him." The horse was a dapple-gray of unusual beauty, and as the girl reached out her hand to stroke his throat, he turned to nibble at her arm.
"Gideon," said his master, pointing to his uniform, "you know what this means?" "Yes, suh." "I wish I could take you along with me. But " "Mas' Dud," Gideon threw out his arms in supplication. "You remember father's charge to you, take care of the women-folks." He took the servant's hand, and, black man and white, they looked into each other's eyes, and the compact was made.
Wife, she's said to me a hundred times, 'Why don't you overhaul them old things and burn 'em? She's al'ays at me about letting the property, as if it were a corner-lot in Broadway. That's all women-folks know about business!" And here the captain caught himself tripping, and looked uneasy for a minute.
There was a natural disinclination to the cares of housekeeping in the mind of Captain Ball, and he would have left the sea much earlier in life if he had not liked much better to live on board ship. A man was his own master there, and meddlesome neighbors and parsons and tearful women-folks could be made to keep their distance.
'Ten Nights in a Ba-ar Room'" the captain took the pipe out of his mouth and yawned with affected unconcern. "I've heered o' worse names for a show; but ye know what women-folks is when there 's any play-actin' around. They're jest like sheep next to a turnip patch." "Are they?" "Oh, by clam! ye don't know nothin' 'bout female grass yit, major nothin'. Bars can't shet 'em out."
Mis' Calvinn and the minister knows the whole story," she concluded: "I wouldn't have kep' it from them. Mis' Calvinn said all along 't would be a good lesson" "Who wrote that card from the post-office?" demanded the captain, apparently but half persuaded. "I did," said Mrs. French. "Good Hector, you women-folks!" but Captain Ball ventured to cross the room and establish himself in his chair.
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