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It waur a Russia leather traveling dressing-bag for his lairdship, the whilk the master had ta'en unco guid care suld be as brawa bag as ony to be boughten in Lunnen town itsel', whilk mysel' was commissioned, and proud I waur, to tak', wi' my master's duty, to his lairdship." "Doubtless. Now tell the jury at what hour you took this wedding offering to Lord Arondelle."
"Cissy," he said to Susan, who had just entered, "tell yer ma to git out the boughten table-cloth an' them blue chaney dishes an' say, honey, you must set the table in heah. I hain't gwineter sot Mr. Dudley down to eat in the kitchen the fust night he breaks bread with us.
It was a large room, with a "boughten" ingrain carpet, stiff chairs, two great square ottomans, a big sofa, and some curious old paintings, besides a number of framed silhouettes of different members of the family. The most splendid thing of all was the great roaring fire in the wide chimney.
But jest as my hand wuz on the nub he jumped up and opened the door, wearin' that boughten second-hand smile agin on his linement, and sez he: "Dear madam, perhaps Senator B. will do the errents for you." Sez I, "Where is Senator B.?" And he said I would find him at his Post of Duty at the Capitol. "Well," I said, "I will hunt up the Post," and did.
I had a "boughten" shirt also, two boxes of paper cuffs, and two new ties, a black one for every day and a white one for Sunday. I don't know that any of the girls perceived my new suit, but I hoped one or two of them did. The boys were quite outspoken in their approval of it. I had given up boots, also, for most of the townsmen wore shoes, thus marking the decline of the military spirit.
Is the jawfest concluded? "'It is, says the maternal ancestor of that girl, weak but happy. 'We talked seven miles and six furloughs, but I won. He has renounced his sin. He ain't no son of no author. I've boughten his book. "I gazed at Sammy with a moist, reproachful eye. "'Sammy! Sammy! I says, shaking my head, 'to think "'Hush! he says, 'don't say it. I ain't no Sammy. I ain't no Mills.
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