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"Why, then, Simon must be your son." "Son as ever was!" nodded the old man, "and a goodish son 'e be to oh, I've seen worse." "And now," added Simon, "come in, and you shall taste as fine a jug of ale as there be in all Kent." "Wait," said the old man, laying his hand upon my arm, "I've took to you, young chap, took to you amazin'; what might your name be?" "Peter," I answered.
"Envious, Susan Jane, envious of Maud Grace?" "Oh! you have had yer eyes open, eh?" "You just asked me about her, Susan Jane." "Did I? Well, it's simply amazin' how Mrs. Jo G. is developin' a business talent. Actually keepin' her girl dressed up t' entertain the boarders, evenin's! She's got some one t' help wait in the dinin' room, an' she cooks.
"I chuse to call ut sedan chair, an' chair ut shall be, little man," continued the Irishman. "Twas a most amazin' chair all lined wid pink silk an' fitted wid red silk curtains. 'Here ut is, sez the red man. 'Here ut is, sez the coolie, an' he grinned weakly-ways. 'Is ut any use to you? sez the red man.
I knew to what he referred, what gratitude was moving in his breast. "Wal, thar now, Cap'n Pharo Kobbe! ain't Vesty Kirtland worthy?" "Vesty!" said the captain, undismayed "Vesty 's an amazin' gal, but she ain't nowheres along o' major!" "Wal, I must say! I wonder whatever put you in such a takin' to major." He did not say.
But hark again! What's up now? 'Hooray! 'hooray! 'h-o-o-o-ray! 'Three cheers for the Squire! H-o-o-o-ray! Old Puff as we live! The 'amazin' instance of a pop'lar man' greeted by the Swillingford snobs. The old frost-bitten dandy is flattered by the cheers, and bows condescendingly ere he alights from the well-appointed mail phaeton.
We shall come to the brook directly, and where it spreads out into still water, and the flags grow, the wild fowl frequent; for they are amazin' fond of poke-lokeins, as the Indians call those spots. We may get a brace or two perhaps to take home with us. Come, let us push ahead, and go warily."
You'd started in pricin' the stable, and kind of milled around and ast me what I'd sell the kitchen for, and afore I knowed it, you'd 'a' had me selling the hotel for less than the stable. I figure you'd made a amazin' hand at shootin' craps." "Let's step over and buy that saddle, and the rest of it. Will you engineer the deal? I don't know much about Western saddlery." "Shucks!
"But 'tis 'ard to think o' pore Jarge tied up to one o' them floggin'-posts, wi' 'is back all raw an' bleedin!" pursued Old Amos; "crool 'ard it be, an' 'im such a fine, strappin' young chap." "'E were allus a sight too fond o' pitchin' into folk, Jarge were!" said Job; "it be a mercy as my back weren't broke more nor once." "Ah!" nodded the Ancient, "you must be amazin' strong in the back, Job!
"Wal, what we're up against is this: that gang of bandits Pat Hawe was chasin' they're hidin' in the house!" "In the house?" echoed Madeline, aghast. "Miss Majesty, it's the amazin' truth, an' shamed indeed am I to admit it. Stewart why, he's wild with rage to think it could hev happened.
'Twas amazin' " and here Miss Warren evidently silenced her. I heard the murmur of her voice as she gave a few brief directions, and then her steps returned swiftly to her room. "She can be depended upon," I sighed, "to do all she thinks right. She must have been wearied beyond mortal endurance, and worried by my rash and unlooked-for words, and yet she keeps up till all need is past.
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