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Louie looked at her brother and laughed nervously; but her little hard face had paled. David laid hold of her to keep her quiet, and shook himself free of 'Lias. But 'Lias took no notice of them now at all, his changed seer's gaze saw nothing but the distance and the pool. 'Are yo quite sure it wor her, Passon? he went on, appealingly.
He was as well set as man could be, but hell pursue the pistols, they both missed fire; and thim that did go off hit the wrong men. The same two we can't names boys, won't be the betther of it for some time. We met them, you see, in the mountains, where we wor goin' on a little business. Here's that we may never ait worse mait than mutton!"
An a lot o' gimcrack notions as iver wor wi their new foods, an their pills an strengthening mixtures messin wi cows as though they wor humans. Why conno they leave God Awmighty alone? He can bring a calvin cow through beawt ony o' their meddlin, I'll uphowd yo! But still not a word from the lad in front. Reuben might as well have talked to the wall beside him.
Then, looking straight before her, and in a low, plaintive voice, which seemed to float on hidden depths of grief, she told her story. It appeared that 'Lias had been 'queer' a good while before the adventure of the Pool. But, according to his wife, 'he wor that cliver on his good days, foak could mak shift wi him on his bad days; the school still prospered, and money was still plentiful.
"She was out all yesterday evenin', and when I said 'You idle sthrap, where wor you? she wouldn't even think it worth her while to give me an answer, the vagabone." "Do you give me one in the manetime. What about the Box I want? Spake the truth, if you regard your health." "I know nothing about your box, an' I wish I could say as much of yourself.
He started, and awoke; but so terrific had been his dream, that on opening his eyes he clasped Connor in his arms, and exclaimed, "No no, I'll hould him till you cut my grip; Connor, avick machree, hould to me!" "Father, father, for God's sake, think a minute, you wor only dreaming."
Duney, finding his own voice at the sound of his companion's. "I thowt 'ow 'twas agreed 'tween us I wor to tell the gentleman, bor?" growled the pirate king, turning a pair of dusky eyes on his companion. "Yow allus have a way o' overdoin' things, you know, Dick." "Right, bor, right," replied Mr. Duney. "Yow oughter know I only wanted to help yow out, Billy."
She wor dressed as grand as Queen Victory herself, and she come in a carriage and two spanking hosses; and, please, 'em, I heard of her telling the children as she wos own cousin to you, 'em." "Yes, I know the young lady," replied Mrs. Home. "She is, as you say, very nice and kind. But now, Anne, we must not talk any more.
"But as I was a-sayin' bhoy, I haaven't had a rale good laugh since she died; haave I, Mary?" "I haaven't naither," Mary said. "Aye, but ye've had double throuble, dear." "We never let trouble rob us of laughter when I was here." "Because whin ye wor here she was here too. In thim days whin throuble came she'd tear it t' pieces an' make fun ov aych piece, begorra.
An' I kep' puddlin' along, an' one mornin' I wor fairly choked, an' I just crawled into that parlour, an' I took a sup o' brandy out o' the bottle" she looked complacently at Mary, quite conscious that the Rector's sister must be listening to her with disapproving ears "an', lor' bless yer, it cut the phlegm, it did, that very moment. My! I did cough.
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