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Updated: June 27, 2025
And," sez I, "it would be a good thing for lots of wimmen, who have got lots of silver, if it hain't in their bodies, if they had a guard a-walkin' round 'em with rifles to keep off maurauders." Why, there wuzn't nothin' brung up that he believed in, or that he didn't act morbid over.
"Why, ye see, sir," he began, somewhat mollified, "it be precious 'ard to know who's a gentleman, an' who ain't; who's a thief, an' who ain't these days." "How so?" "Why, only a little while ago just afore you chap comes a-walkin' in 'ere, no account much to look at, but very 'aughty for all that comes a-walkin in 'ere 'e do an' calls for a pint o' ale you 'eard 'im, all on ye?"
The horses have been hard bitted; their high huffs and heads drawed dretful hard at the bit held in her weak grasp, and she has been kicked a good deal by their sharp huffs. On the two off horses there wuz two figgers a-holdin' up high gorgeous banners; of course they wuz men, and of course they wuz ridin'. Three men a-ridin' and two wimmen a-walkin' afoot; it didn't seem right.
"There's a Pomeranian at the brick house," went on Gwendolyn, "and the pretty nurse takes it out to walk. And " "And Thomas is a-walkin' our Poms at the same time." Jane was breathing hard. "And he says she's lots prettier close to " A bell rang sharply. Thomas sprang away. With a gurgle, Jane flounced after.
He couldn't git no work, mebby, and wuz obleeged to stand and see his family starve and suffer round him. Yes, he wuz a-walkin' along with his hands in his empty pockets and his eyes bent towards the ground. But the woman, though her face looked haggard, and fur wanner than hissen, yet she wuz a-lookin' back and reachin' out her arms towards the children that wuz a-comin' along fur back.
I dreamed I see Jim Marvyn a-sinkin' in de water, an' stretchin' up his hands. An' den I dreamed I see de Lord Jesus come a-walkin' on de water, an' take hold ob his hand, an' says he, 'O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? An' den he lifted him right out.
"They've bin a-promenadin' together nearly every day since Christmas; and when a feller like that 'ere Woltaire goes a-walkin' with a creature like that hancient wirgin on his arm, then I think there must be somethin' on board." "But this is purely surmise, Simon. There is no reason why Miss Staggles and Mr. Voltaire may not walk together." "There's more than surmise, sur.
"'T was a Sarrerday night, an' I was a-walkin' up an' down, account o' me bein' awful low in the mind. "'Ma, says Louisa, 'I'm reel hungry to-night. You reckon I could have a piece o' bread with butter on it? I wisht I could taste some bread with butter on it, says she. "'Darlin', says I, turrible sad, 'Po' ma c'n give yo' the naked bread an' thanks to God I got even that to give, I says.
Occasionally he would set down for a spell, but the most of his journey wuz done a-walkin' afoot. And the crowd see it and cheered. It wuz hard on Bizer. Nothin' but pride and ambition led him into the undertakin', or kep him up through it. As for me, I lost all patience, and my breath, too, and went back to my pardner.
The green, tree-dotted terraces bloomin' with flowers a-risin' up from the blue water, and above the verdent terraces the tall white walls of them gorgeous palaces, a-risin' up with colonades, and statutes, and arabesques, and domes, and pinnacles, and on the smooth white path that lay in front of 'em, and on every side of 'em, the hull world a-walkin' and a-admirin' the seen jest as much as we did.
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