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Updated: May 31, 2025
The man was laughing to himself and playing with leaves that danced at his feet under the wind. It can't have been far from the town, because Joe heard St. Elmo's bell ringin' and he could hear the sea quite plain. He ..." The voice seemed to trail off again into the distance; Harry's thoughts were with his future. What was he to do?
Why, say, do youse think any o' them is in it with a hound chorus, th' deep bass o' th' old hounds 'n' th' shrill tenor o' th' young ones risin' 'n' swellin' 'n' ringin' through th' bush till every idle echo loafin' in th' coves o' th' ridges wakes up 'n' joins in her best, 'n' you'd think all th' hounds in this old Province was runnin' 'n' chorusin' 'tween the Bubs 'n' Mud Bay; 'n' then th' chorus dyin' down softer 'n' softer till she's low 'n' sweet 'n' sorta holy-soundin', like your own woman's voice chantin' t' your youngest say, do youse think there's any music in th' world 's good 's th' hounds make runnin'?
The next morning Old '61 at the gate proclaimed proudly: "I've got it! I've got it! I can play an' sing fur as we've b'en! It's ringin' in my head all the time." "Did the birds wake you up singing it?" Billy asked, smilingly. She, herself, was all eagerness to learn of her pupil's progress. The lesson began at once. Already, she found, the miracle had begun to work.
I've been workin' with that string of empties below town all mornin', an' if any woman in this charitable community passed me goin' to the Hat Ranch I didn't see her. It's a shame. Put on your other things right after lunch, Arabella, an' go down. I'll go with you." "But the gall o' the man, askin' me to do this! I intended goin' anyhow, but him ringin' me up so sudden like, I "
'E needs a little cheerin', awfter the mess 'e's made o' things! 'For trying to put before a member of the Government a statement of the injustice 'That ain't why they're in gaol. It's fur ringin' wot's-'is-name's door-bell. 'Kickin' up rows in the street 'Oh, you shut up, says the old champion, out of patience. 'You've 'ad 'arf a pint too much.
De big bees is a singin', My heart is held up and de bells is a ringin'; Hold up yo hands, Hold up yo hands!" And sweetly solitary the two lived their lives, till one day, three months later, there came to the plantation the governor and his suite.
Daniel looked and chuckled. 'That comes o' ringin' t' fire-bell, said he to himself; 'it were shame for it to be tellin' a lie, poor oud story-teller. Daniel's unusually late absence from home disturbed Bell and Sylvia not a little. He was generally at home between eight and nine on market days.
You may be sure I racked my brains enough to know what I should do to meet him face to face. It wouldn't do to go in the common way, such as ringin' at the front door and askin' for him, an' then offerin' to sell him furniter-polish for his pianner-legs.
I don't know my lessons, so I don't want ter go back ter school, an' teacher's a ringin' the bell this minute. Pick up yer lunch basket, I've got some cookies I hooked out 'n the cupboard an' a big apple that Belindy gave me, an' we'll eat 'em when we're in the cars."
An' w'en he turnt roun' an' sta'ted back in de woods, he heared de same thing behin' 'im. "'Turnt ter clay! turnt ter clay! turnt ter clay! "Dem wo'ds kep' ringin' in 'is yeahs 'til he fin'lly 'lowed dey wuz boun' ter be so, er e'se dey wouldn' a b'en tol ter 'im, an' dat he had libbed on clay so long an' had eat so much, dat he must 'a' jes nach'ly turnt ter clay!"
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