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Updated: June 13, 2025
The few weeks at the homestead had changed Leighton. A single mood held him a mood that he never threw off with a toss of his head. He seemed to have lost his philosophy of cheerfulness at the word of command. Lewis was too absorbed in his long days with Natalie to notice it, but Nelton took it upon himself to open his eyes. "Larst month," he said, "you and the governor was brothers.
"There's a big 'ole w'ere the artill'ry pushed in their parapet larst night. That's w'ere I caught me larst one, 'bout a 'arf-hour ago. A bloke goes by every little w'ile an' fergets to duck 'is napper. Tyke yer field-glasses an' watch me clip the next one. Quarter left it is, this side the old 'ouse with the 'ole in the wall." I focused my glasses and waited.
"'Oo," interrogated old Bob, holding the boat steady by grasping the stage, "was th' party wot engyged yer larst night, Bill?" "Party name o' Allytheer," growled the drowsy one. "W'y?" "Party 'ere's lookin' for 'im. Where'll I find this Allytheer?" "Best look sharp 'r yer won't find 'im," retorted the one above. "'E was at anchor off Bow Creek larst night." Kirkwood's heart leaped in hope.
Thankful took up the paper first and read aloud what was written upon it. "For Thankful, with a larst merry Christmas from brother Jed. I am going away and if you want me I will be at New Bedford for two weeks, care the bark Finback." "'I am goin' away'," repeated Thankful. "Goin' away? Are you goin' away AGAIN?" "I I was cal'latin' to. I'm goin' cook on a whaler." "Cook! You a cook!
But we never got on well, she being upsettin' and masterful, so arsk her to my weddin' I didn't, and denied relatives existing, which they do, she bein' alive ten years ago when she larst wrote." "You have not heard from her since?" asked Paul, inquisitively. "Sir, you may burn me or prison me or put me in pillaries," said Mrs. Tawsey, "but deceive you I won't.
Sumhows or other, weather it was hoeing to the nobel Lunch or not, I don't kno, we lost our way, and found ourselves at larst, not where we all wanted to be, but at a most bewtifool House of call, where they has the werry sensebel custom that, when they thinks as wisiters has had enuff drink, they won't let 'em have not a Drop More, and that is acshally the name by which the ouse is known, both far and wide!
They scooped him in at Waterloo, and he subsekently died at St. Heleny! There's where the gratest military man this world ever projuced pegged out. It was rather hard to consine such a man as him to St. 'Hed of the Army! Them was his larst words. So he had bin. He was grate! Don't I wish we had a pair of his old boots to command sum of our Brigades!"
I asked, absurdly clinging to a straw of hope that Sylvia might be there. "Lor' bless you, no, sir! I tell you, Mr. Jack, they just sailed as close as they dared to those islands, and skipped the hull pack of 'em; first having headed the Orchid out as we found her. That's why everything was so quiet the larst part of the night there warn't anyone here to make a noise!"
For a second Jane seemed lost in consideration, then shook her head stupidly and replied in a rich brogue: "Maister Bar'clough doan't know 'un never clapt eyes on 'un. 'Tis on'y larst week I took sarvice 'ere t'oblige." "Have you seen anyone strange about the premises today?" "Noa." "A man tall broad shouldered wearing a blue suit and cap."
"'Nom, says he, 'not exactly in the business, but I 'ave made pets of several. And with that he lifts his 'at as perlite as a lord, and walks away. Old Bersicker kep' a-lookin' arter 'im till 'e was out of sight, and then went and lay down in a corner and wouldn't come hout the 'ole hevening. Well, larst night, so soon as the moon was hup, the wolves here all began a-'owling.
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