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'E's peaceable enough when the liquor's out of 'im. But their 'ands comes so 'eavy. They don't know how 'eavy their 'ands comes." Thus Mrs. Wemock, standing in the doorway, for the moment holding Orlando, who resented his transfer with a subdued howl of grief, and looked anxiously down the alley toward Polly's retreating figure. "'Ush now an' ma'll give him a winkle. Polly's gone for winkles.
Jim seized his sister by the arm and led her aside. "How the deuce did YOU get here and who is this guy?" He jerked his head toward Merkle. Lorelei introduced her companion and made known the cause of their present plight. "Humph!" grunted Jim. "What d'you suppose ma'll say to this you out all night with a man?" "What are YOU doing? Who are those people?" she retorted. "Never mind.
If you hadn't been engaged for the harvest I might have listened to you; but that settles the matter definitely, as far as I am concerned." Skim sighed. "Ma'll be mad as a hornet ef I don't get any of ye," he remarked, sadly. "She's paid Sam Cotting fer this courtin' suit, an' he won't take back the gloves on no 'count arter they've been wore; an' thet'll set ma crazy.
She stood with her arms on her hips, and critically surveyed her patient. "I'll tell you what's the matter with him," was her final diagnosis; "his lights is riz. Billy, I'm goin' home fer some medicine; you set on his head so's he can't git up, an' ma'll be right back in a minute."
"Well, now," said grandma, bustling around; "I shouldn't be surprised if you had real good luck, Polly. And your ma'll set ever so much by it; now, if we only could find that receet!" and returning to the charge she commenced to fumble among her bits of paper again; "I never shall forget how they eat on it; why, there wasn't a crumb left, Polly!"
And you shall go along of me sometime, Joe, and have a ride in th' stage-coach again, if your Ma'll let you." "Hooray!" cried Joel, hugely pleased. "When I'm a man, Mr. Tisbett, I'm goin' to have a stage just like yours, and two horses just exactly like Black Bill." "Take my advice," said the stage-driver, "an don't try to get two horses exactly alike, 'cause you're bound to be disappointed.
"Sit here 'til the gates is open," he added, as he sat down. "Is there anything up?" John demanded. "Aye," Willie replied in a bewildered voice. "John, man, I'm in terrible trouble!" "Oh!" "Sore disgrace, John. I don't know what my da and ma'll say to me at all when they hear about it. Such a thing!..." "Well, what is it?" "Do you know a wee girl called Jennie Roak?" John shook his head.
Crack!" before them stood the funniest, fluffiest brown ball resting on two weak little legs. "Hooray!" shouted the woolly heads. "Peep!" said turkeykin. "It's mine!" Jericho shouted excitedly. "I'th Marm Pitkin'th turkey'th; she laid it there." "It's mine, and I'm going to keep it, and next Thanksgiving I'm going ter eat him." "Think your ma'll let you feed him up for thath?"
You'll wake Iry, and then he'll hev to hev something, and if he sleeps right through, thar'll be jest so much more fer you. 'Twon't hurt him to miss what he don't know about. All right, Cory, you can hev cake and jell. That's a good boy, Bud, to give her two tastes of the cream, and ma'll give you two more. Bobby? Sandwiches and pickle. Milt? Chicken and salid.
At the stable, where Ma Hoomer was milking, Lou-Jane delayed for a moment to whisper: "Stay here till I come for you." Then she tripped on with Jim at her heels. As they entered the house Hartigan looked at his watch. "Now please don't hurry," said Lou-Jane. "Ma'll be back in a few minutes, then we'll have a cup of tea. Sit here; you'll find it more comfortable," and she motioned to a sofa.
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