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Ev'ry day I's he'ped yer git up ter a hunderd." Alston had stopped picking, both his hands full of cotton, and stood staring in a bewildered way at the girl. "Lizay, is this a fac'?" he said at length. "'Tis so, Als'on; an' ef yer don't lemme he'p yer now yer'll fall 'hin' an' have ter git flogged." "An' ef yer he'p me, yer'll fall shawt an' have ter git flogged.
She ceased, her hand plucking again at the comforter, her throat working. He, too, thought of the loving words he had said to her, and the memory of them only made his misery the more fierce. 'An there ain't no way out, he said violently, raising his head. 'Yer'll be took before the magistrates next week, an the assizes ull be in February, an yer'll get six months if yer don't get more.
He had never been a sentimental man, and had long ceased to be a feeling one, but at that moment something emotional and normal happened to him. "You expect to live in that way?" he said. "Ain't nothin' else fer me to do. Wisht I was better lookin'. But I've got a lot of 'air," clawing her mop, "an' it's red. One day," chuckling, "a gent ses to me he ses: 'Oh! yer'll do.
"Dem's my sentiments," cried Dolf, "and I knows fair Miss Clorinda 'grees wid dem she coincidates, if yer'll 'scuse the leetle bit ob dictionery." Victoria made a grimace behind Clo's back, but said, graciously: "I'se gwine ter gib yer dat ar blue handkercher Miss Elsie gub me, Clo," she said, "so now let's make up and be comfoble."
Then he jerked his cap off, and ducked very low, saying: "'T was said, yer yer Lordship, that yer 'd not come till the morrow. But if yer'll honour my tavern, yer shall have the bestest in the house." He kept bowing between every word to the man with the big nose.
'Aye, yer'll be livin at your ease, said the man who had spoken first. 'When will yo give us a drink, yer lardship? The others grinned. 'Where's your money, John? said a younger man suddenly, staring hard at the returned wanderer. John started. 'Don't you talk your nonsense! he said, fretfully; 'an I must be gettin on, afore dark.
Well, 'ere's the end of yer as yer are. It'll be another Peter coming back, maybe. Up along they'll change yer." "But never me and you, Steve. I shall love you always." The man seized him almost fiercely by the shoulders and looked him in the face. "Promise me that, boy," he said, "promise me that. Yer most all I've got now. But I'm a fool to ask yer of course yer'll change. I'm an ignorant fool."
Dar dey comes! Dey'll kill you, shore!" She caught her husband by the arm, and endeavored to drag him into the shadow of the cabin. "I can't leave Bre'er 'Liab," said Nimbus, doggedly. "Yer can't help him. Yer'll jes stay an' be killed ye'self! Dar now, listen at dat!" cried the trembling woman. The sound to which she referred was that of hurried footfalls in the road beyond their house.
Mistress Claire " I was all ready, pistol in hand, burning with a determination to shoot Fagin down, yet her voice halted him. "Wait!" she cried, standing erect and scornful. "I will not consent to this. I am going to leave this room." "Oh, I reckon not," and he leered into her eyes. "Don't rouse me, or yer'll find out I'm a wolf ter bite. Yer get back there beside Grant, or I'll make yer."
"Boss," said he, "I kin get 'er loaded in just half the time ef yer'll let me do it my own way!" "Silence!" thundered the Sergeant. "If you speak another word I'll have ye gagged 'n' tied up by the thumbs!" Si had always been used to speaking right out when he had anything to say, and had not yet got his "unruly member" under thorough subjection.
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