Questions

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59289	But why?
59289	Do we have to watch it, tonight?
59289	Ellie, does n''t it strike you as strange-- almost unbelievable-- that we accept the concept of longevity as a subversive one? 59289 Ellie, how can you go right back to eating after what''s happened to Eddie?"
59289	Sydney, you would n''t shame me like that, would you; not like that weak- kneed Eddie?
59289	What else are the boys to do? 59289 What is it?"
59289	What''s so thrilling about being sixty plus?
59289	What''s the matter? 59289 Why not?"
59289	Why should I feel sorry for him, if he did n''t have the guts to wait? 59289 Would you get my slippers, honey?"
59289	But what of it?
59289	But-- what have I missed?
59289	Does n''t it seem-- well, weird-- that we sixty plus- ers sit around every night-- just waiting?"
59289	Have you got an answer?"
59289	In a young people''s world-- what else is there to do?"
59289	on?
23485	And did he catch you?
23485	And he let you go?
23485	And what shall I do with the bag?
23485	Did n''t I tell you quite plainly that I wanted a green coat and yellow trousers?
23485	Did she open the bag and fly away?
23485	Did you meet the red policeman?
23485	Do you not know that a roll of butter can not walk like a hen?
23485	Is that really so?
23485	No,she said,"people do n''t have hens for tea, do they?"
23485	Now, sir,said the red policeman,"what have you got in that bag?"
23485	Oh, you do, do you?
23485	What are you laughing at?
23485	What are you singing for?
23485	What have you done with the bag?
23485	What is it?
23485	What shall I do with the bag?
23485	What, might I ask, brings you here?
23485	Where is the roll of butter?
23485	Why did you burn it?
23485	Why?
23485	Why?
23485	2 THE RED POLICEMAN RAN AFTER HIM 7"WHATEVER ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?"
23485	At length his wife came in to him from the garden and said,"Whatever are you laughing at?"
23485	He shouted out,"What have you got in that bag?"
23485	Now why did the old man burn his bag?
23485	Whatever shall I do?"
23485	[ Illustration:"Whatever are you laughing at?"]
23485	said the old man,"a hen?"
32448	All ready for the trip?
32448	Are you really glad, Lewis?
32448	But you still want to go back?
32448	Did n''t John give you any hint at all?
32448	Do you mean,I said slowly,"that you would n''t sell us tickets even if we had the money?"
32448	Do you see anyone yet?
32448	Do you, Lewis?
32448	For yourself?
32448	Going to town?
32448	How can we tell them goodbye?
32448	How many?
32448	I can hardly believe it, can you?
32448	I never thought it would have changed this much, did you?
32448	Is n''t there any way,I said hesitantly,"that I could get them for less?
32448	Is n''t there some way--"Sixty- five years? 32448 Is there-- is there some way we could be excused from the insurance?"
32448	It''s good to be alone, is n''t it, Lewis?
32448	It''s very bright tonight, is n''t it?
32448	Lewis,Martha said,"where are they taking us?"
32448	Lewis-- are you really glad we came back?
32448	May I help you?
32448	Only, how can we tell_ them_?
32448	Pardon me,I said to the clerk,"but who should I see about getting a visa?"
32448	Party?
32448	So we could go back this year? 32448 Surprised?"
32448	They do n''t know you''re planning to leave yet, do they?
32448	Tickets?
32448	We''re going home?
32448	We''re really going home?
32448	What does it mean, Lewis?
32448	What is it?
32448	What''s that, Lewis?
32448	Why ca n''t we go back this year, Lewis?
32448	Why, Martha? 32448 Yes?"
32448	You do n''t mean you want them for yourself, do you?
32448	Are n''t you?"
32448	But where is home in an ever- changing universe?_*****"Lewis,"Martha said.
32448	Do n''t you see?
32448	Farwell?"
32448	Farwell?"
32448	Farwell?"
32448	How much would they cost?
32448	I mean, we would n''t need insurance, would we?"
32448	Martha.... How could I tell her?
32448	Please sit down, wo n''t you?...
32448	Then he said slowly,"You realize, do n''t you, that if you went back to Earth you''d have to stay there?
32448	What was it that reporter said about us?
32448	What would happen, I wondered, if I went to the spaceport and asked for tickets?
32448	You would n''t want to spoil the surprise, would you?"
32448	Young?
57975	A short step? 57975 Ah, you think that the late Captain was-- er-- a-- ah-- some good in the world?"
57975	And now where is the treasure?
57975	Can he live in a house on the land and sail on the sea at the same time?
57975	Captain Shannon''s place, eh?
57975	Did you note the significance of that? 57975 Did you say-- that you-- er-- found the portrait in a closet-- er-- and went to the trouble of framing it?"
57975	Do n''t that beat everything? 57975 Do you like John Silver?"
57975	Do you think Ocean View will completely restore your health?
57975	Eh?
57975	Feeling,--feeling?
57975	How do you know it''s just what we want?
57975	I suppose it is some years since you knew him?
57975	I think he''s just fascinating, do n''t you?
57975	I wonder if I''ve got the correct picture in my head of that knight of the waves hanging up in that library? 57975 I wonder if she''s found any more qualities in the old Cap''s picture?
57975	I-- er-- do you?
57975	Oh does it?
57975	So you have pressed Mr. Murphy into service, Joseph?
57975	What did I tell yuh?
57975	What you say is perfectly correct, but what were you going to say about the treasure?
57975	Where is the rest?
57975	Who''s goin''to foller me?
57975	Why do n''t he live in it himself, then, if it''s such a fine place?
57975	Why, Mr. Murphy, do you talk to yourself or are you reading aloud? 57975 Why, ai n''t I?"
57975	You remember that I read last night that Captain Shannon had been on Cocos Island?
57975	But have you any maps or plans or charts or whatever tells you where to look?"
57975	But would n''t you think there would be changes in the shore line since the time this chart was made?"
57975	Could it be that this stranger was a spy?
57975	Did you mean that you have actually sought a specific treasure?"
57975	Did you notice the style of this narrative, Joseph?
57975	Do you remember that he said that when he felt he was armed with the sword of the Lord and of Gideon he could face ten thousand foes?"
57975	Had he really known the Captain and suspected the existence of the treasure?
57975	How did Kate know this neighbor''s name?
57975	I do n''t suppose you have ever come across it?"
57975	I do n''t suppose you were ever taken that way?"
57975	I think it is a remarkable face, do n''t you?"
57975	In what direction I''d like to know?"
57975	Line for line, ai n''t they?"
57975	Murphy?"
57975	Now do n''t you think that''s the wisest course to pursue?"
57975	Now is n''t there somebody that could handle them Boulbys?"
57975	Now you know all about Captain Kidd?"
57975	Now, er, well really what is remarkable about the face?"
57975	Now, would there be an old iron- bound sea- chest, the kind sailors hide things in, in a corner here?"
57975	Page 55--omitted double closing quote added--"... Now you know all about Captain Kidd?"
57975	She had so often urged her brother to develop this quality, that now his utter lack of imagination made her reply crisply--"How do I know?
57975	Was he going to stay in the vicinity to keep watch upon them?
57975	Was n''t it a pity?
57975	Was she not in danger by remaining there with a lunatic?
57975	What about that chart?
57975	What do you think now, Joseph?"
57975	What had he been saying?
57975	Where was she to begin?
57975	Where was the bulk of it?
57975	Who''d have thought it?
57975	Would he fall from grace if he took a little rest?
57975	Would you happen to be fond of flowers, now?"
57975	Would you have any idea where he put the money and valuables, if he found them?"
57975	Would you tell me something more about him?"
57975	Would you-- ah-- could you consider a lodger, madam?"
57975	exclaimed Miss Katherine to her brother,"is n''t it delightful to find just what we want with so little trouble?"
57975	whispered Mrs. White to herself as she rose on trembling limbs,"what''s she after or is she crazy?
34255	Ai n''t there three hundred and sixty- four days in the year for_ them_?
34255	And, Peter? 34255 Do n''t you think so?"
34255	Do n''t you think you''d better be getting dressed, Reuben? 34255 Feeling all right for to- day?"
34255	Goin''to wear your black dress?
34255	Had n''t you better sit down on some monument and rest?
34255	I never did-- did I?
34255	I would n''t of believed it, Peter; would you? 34255 It do n''t seem to amount to much, does it?"
34255	Just h''ist the curtain a mite, wo n''t you? 34255 Peter,"he said, unexpectedly,"how long is it since we was married?"
34255	Peter?
34255	Peter?
34255	Tired?
34255	What do they want to go decorating all their relations for?
34255	What''ll folks say?
34255	Who''d decorate Tommy, then?
34255	Would you mind staying where you are till I get your coffee heated?
34255	You would n''t give Tommy the go- by, would you?
34255	You''ll see the boys do n''t forget to decorate Tommy, wo n''t you?
34255	A Connecticut tobacco- planter?
34255	A village carpenter?
34255	Ah-- what?
34255	Better, oh, better a hundred times to endure, to suffer-- if it came to suffering-- to take your share( perhaps he had his-- who knew?)
34255	But to her own soul she said:"What''s a doctor?"
34255	By what?
34255	By whom?
34255	Can you?
34255	Did it matter whether Reuben understood her or not?
34255	Did n''t you?
34255	Do n''t you remember?"
34255	Everybody''s got flowers-- See?"
34255	Had not she always known what he should do, or what he could?
34255	Has young Jabez locked up everything?
34255	He''d rather than sympathy-- wouldn''t you, Reuben?"
34255	Heroes?
34255	How old are you, Reuben?"
34255	How''d you get to be so, then, I''d like to know?"
34255	I ca n''t remember which died first, him or the baby; can you?
34255	I wonder if there''s a johnnyquil left to decorate him?"
34255	Just David Swing on his crutches, and Jabez Trent with the shaking palsy?
34255	Only old blind Mr. Succor?
34255	Only those poor, familiar persons whom one saw every day, and did not think much about on any other day?
34255	Peter?
34255	Peter?"
34255	Reuben?
34255	Say, Peter, we''ve gone through a good deal, have n''t we-- you''n''me?
34255	She gathered him and poured her powerful being upon him-- breath, warmth, will, prayer, who could say what it was?
34255	Succor?"
34255	These plain, obscure old men?--Heroes?
34255	Think you could take it?"
34255	Unregarded, unimportant, aging neighbors?
34255	When he did, it was to say only this:"Peter?
34255	Where''s he buried, Peter?
34255	Where''s the cushions?"
34255	Who was it, that followed the veteran, with the dumb, delighted fidelity that one race only knows of all created?
34255	Who''d thought he''d tumble down the cellar stairs?
34255	You stood more, you was under fire more, you never was afraid of anything-- What''s rheumatics?
34255	You''d''a''liked a daughter round the house, would n''t you, Peter?
29284	And-- if you please, Captain Price, will you speak in a low tone? 29284 But Gussie said you said--""Alfred, at your time of life, are you beginning to quote Gussie?"
29284	But how about your daughter?
29284	Dear me, yes,said Mrs. North, twinkling;"why, I''d forgotten all about it, but the eldest boy-- Now, what was his name?
29284	Did you know them, mother?
29284	Do you smoke, sir?
29284	Do you suppose she knows that story about old Alfred Price and her mother?
29284	Do you want to leave Old Chester?
29284	Do you wish me to go into brain- fever before your eyes, just from worry?
29284	Does your mother resemble you, madam?
29284	Flora?
29284	Foolish? 29284 Going out?
29284	Gussie put you up to this, Cy--_rus_?
29284	Have you cautioned your mother?
29284	Her views? 29284 How''s her head, Cy?"
29284	I do n''t bother you, coming to see you, do I?
29284	I expect you need me, do n''t you, Alfred?
29284	I suppose I can stay at home, and let''em get over it?
29284	I think I''d better put another shawl over your limbs?
29284	If there''s anything you want, mother, you''ll be sure and tell me?
29284	Lydia,said she,"is there anything''awe''-inspiring in this display of the elements?"
29284	Mother, are you_ sure_ you do n''t feel a draught?
29284	Now, what''s my association with that name?
29284	Oh, may I?
29284	Or a middle- aged one? 29284 Sealed orders?"
29284	She hinted that he-- that you--"Well?
29284	Stay at home? 29284 Suggested-- what?"
29284	Want to come and smoke with me? 29284 Well, who else would he come to see?
29284	Well, why did you talk to her about it?
29284	What do you say, ma''am?
29284	What do you say?
29284	What has she done?
29284	What motive?
29284	What''s the matter with you, Cyrus?
29284	What''s wrong?
29284	What,_ now_?
29284	What?
29284	Where you bound?
29284	Who is that stout old gentleman going into the Price house?
29284	Why did n''t they go right off?
29284	Why should n''t he go and see her to- morrow?
29284	Why?
29284	Will you be true to me, Letty? 29284 Would what?"
29284	You have children?
29284	You will meet me at the minister''s?
29284	You will not fail me?
29284	Your father- in- law?--my mother?
29284	_ Why?_said Mrs. Cyrus, with faint animation.
29284	--Well, Alfred?"
29284	Ai n''t you skipper?"
29284	And when Neddy Dilworth''s wife confessed coquettishly, that one would hardly take her to be a year or two older than her husband, would one?
29284	And yet, as Lydia Wright said,"How could a young lady die for a young gentleman with ashes all over his waistcoat?"
29284	Anything I can do for you?"
29284	But I hope I was polite?"
29284	But you never saw old Flora?"
29284	Come aft, will you?
29284	Could she?
29284	Cy?"
29284	Gussie did n''t say anything about a young fool, did she?"
29284	How could it help it?
29284	I mean in her views?"
29284	I''ll tell her, if you want me to?"
29284	Lavendar?
29284	Mary North exclaimed, in utter astonishment:"is that all?
29284	My angel, could you-- fly, to- morrow?"
29284	North?_"said Dr. Lavendar; and then he did chuckle.
29284	Of course, she is queer, but--""Queer?
29284	Price?"
29284	She married the oldest Barkley boy, did n''t she?
29284	The Captain came across the street, waving his newspaper, and saying,"So you''ve cast anchor in the old port, ma''am?"
29284	Then he said, meekly,"Does your mother object to tobacco smoke, ma''am?"
29284	Tire yourself out in the kitchen?
29284	Was it the oldest girl or the second sister?"
29284	What has he ever done to have such a daughter- in- law?
29284	Where''s Cyrus?"
29284	Who had so and so married?
29284	Why do you listen to her?
29284	Why, you''d far better--""What?"
29284	Will you wait for me?"
29284	Would she?
29284	You married his sister, did n''t you?
29284	he said; and then they both laughed, and she began to ask questions: Who was dead?
29284	is it possible that you do n''t know about your mother and my father- in- law?"
29284	she exclaimed, looking over the banisters,"when did you come in?
29284	to save her mother, what would she not do?
10087	''How much will it cost?'' 10087 Abe Rose, dew yew know what ails yew?"
10087	Ai n''t yew a- goin''ter shake hands? 10087 Ai n''t yew a- goin''ter shake hands?"
10087	And Angy so cheerful all the time? 10087 Angy?"
10087	Are we expecting the President? 10087 Brother Abe, now tell me honestly: do you think he would make a good husband?"
10087	But haow on arth be we a- goin''ter sleep him?
10087	Dew I look like one of them sissy- boys, er jest a dude?
10087	Dew yew know what''ll happen tew yew ef yew do n''t git out o''this bed an''this here house? 10087 Dew yew think I be a baby?"
10087	Did I git a offer, Mother?
10087	Do n''t yer think yer''d better make it day after ter- morrer?
10087	Father, shall I pin yer''old- man''in yer buttonhole?
10087	Father,Angy said coaxingly,"why do n''t yer put some o''that air''sweet stuff''Miss Abigail give yer on yer hair?
10087	Feel pooty good, do n''t yew?
10087	Gals,he asked humbly,"would yew ruther have a new''beloved brother''?"
10087	Hain''t you noticed, gals,she persisted,"that thar hain''t been a death in the house sence we took him in?
10087	Haow''d yew git here?
10087	Haow''d yew git here?
10087	Him need hardenin''?
10087	Hol''on a minute; supposin''I fergit whether I be a man er a woman?
10087	How do you explain it?
10087	How on arth be yew goin''ter vittle him? 10087 Huh?"
10087	Hy- guy, Angy,Abe went on,"yew ca n''t believe nothin''yew hear, kin yer?
10087	Hy- guy, that coffee smells some kind o''good, do n''t it? 10087 I hain''t sech a bad- lookin''feller when I''m dressed up, be I, Mother?
10087	It''ll buy a postage- stamp, wo n''t it?
10087	Me?
10087	Mother jealous of me?
10087	Mother, jealous of me?
10087	Mother, yew hear that?
10087	My, but yew kin git''em, ca n''t yew?
10087	Oh, is that you, Brother Abe? 10087 Or''long erbout May er June?"
10087	Sam''l Darby?
10087	Sary Jane,inquired Mrs. Homan sweetly,"what''s the matter with that pepper- pot?
10087	See here, whose spree is this?
10087	Seen anythink of that air Eph Seaman?
10087	So yew been jealous of yer ole man?
10087	Tew late?
10087	Then why do n''t yew git up?
10087	Waal, I says tew''em, I says:''Want ter drop a passenger at Twin Coves?'' 10087 Whar yew goin'', Cap''n Rose?"
10087	Whar''s my pipe? 10087 What brought you so low, Captain Rose?"
10087	What did the gals say ter yew?
10087	What do they always say when we ask a favor?
10087	What ef he should die?
10087	What right you got a- takin''in a good- fer- nuthin''old man? 10087 What yew bin an''done with my wife, an''my horse, an''my man, an''my kerridge?
10087	What''d yew come fer?
10087	What''s the matter with me?
10087	What''s the matter with me?
10087	When dew yew start, Havens?
10087	When?
10087	Why do n''t he come in?
10087	Why, Cap''n Sam''l, do n''t yew know that I''m a doomed man? 10087 Why, Father, do n''t yer see yew kin buy back the old chair, an''the old place, too, an''then have plenty ter spare?"
10087	Wo n''t yew slick up my hair a leetle bit, Mother?
10087	Wo n''t, eh?
10087	Wonder who made that necktie?
10087	Yes-- yes, a scooter,repeated Samuel, turning suddenly on Abe with the sharp inquiry:"Air yew a- shiverin''?
10087	Yew ai n''t a- goin''ter jine''em, tew?
10087	Yew ai n''t a- gwine ter make a fool o''yerself, an''jump over the broomstick ag''in?
10087	Yew been noddin'', Sam''l? 10087 Yew do n''t mean ter tell me he''s sot ag''in''yew gals?
10087	Yew kept the perscription, did n''t yer, cap''n?
10087	Yew sure the men will look arter the old fellow well an''not let him over- dew?
10087	Yew would n''t''a''had folks a- comin''here ter bid jest out o''charity, would yew?
10087	Yew''spect me tew go an''prink up fer a sudden death?
10087	Yop, the auction''s over, an''Cap''n Rose, he-- Don''t that cut suit you, Miss Abigail? 10087 5? 10087 A storm coming up? 10087 Abe looked to Angy as if to say,How shall I take it?"
10087	Abe,"he tapped the old man''s knee again,"dew yew know what yew need?
10087	Abraham limped from the couch to the door himself, and called after him:"Sam''l, do n''t yew want tew sleep by the fire?
10087	After all, what was there of his and Angy''s here?
10087	Ai n''t gittin''sleepy a''ready, are yer?"
10087	Ai n''t it jist bewtiful to be rich?
10087	Ai n''t it, gals?"
10087	At last she said, half between sobbing and laughing:"Oh, Abe, ai n''t God been good to us?
10087	But what was this?
10087	But what was this?
10087	Captain Rose,"turning to Abe as Samuel would do no more than glower at him,"to what do you attribute your good health at your time of life?"
10087	Could she possibly mean that he was to establish himself as the head of the household by repeating grace?
10087	D''yew remember--?"
10087	Did ever a half- mile seem so long, and had he actually been only twenty- three hours from home and Blossy?
10087	Did he care for the opposite sex?
10087	Did they belong to them or to the new couple to come?
10087	Did you enjoy yourself to- day-- no, yesterday?
10087	Did you?
10087	Do n''t yew think it''s enough ter set yew up in business, so yew wo n''t have ter go ter the poorhouse?
10087	Do yer all think I be a baby?"
10087	Do you know, I''ve a good mind to run in to- morrow an article on''Long Island and Longevity,''Taking head- line, eh?
10087	Do you think I''m a silly old goose to keep them cluttering around so long?"
10087	Do you think he has grown much older?
10087	Does it need fillin''?"
10087	Er be yew afeard of ketchin''it, tew?"
10087	Had he lost his hair then?
10087	Had they heard aright?
10087	Hain''t it splendid?"
10087	Hain''t, eh?
10087	Haow dew yew feel naow, mate?"
10087	Haow yew like''em?
10087	Haow''d yew git here?
10087	He recalled how he had said to her at that first simple home meal:"Yew do n''t mind bein''poor with me, dew yer, Angy?"
10087	He stared at Abe with burning eyes, but Abe only insisted sullenly:"Whar yew an''Blossy been all this time?"
10087	How could they be expected to understand?
10087	If he had fallen and broken his leg?
10087	If old age and the pinch of poverty had failed to conquer their valiant spirit, why should she listen to the croaking tale?
10087	Is n''t it a blessing that I never married him?"
10087	Lemme see,"the twinkle deepening,"did n''t the gals say yew was a''spectin''somebody ter- day?
10087	Let''s see, how many days of this plagued week were left?
10087	Miss Ellie wrung her hands,"ca n''t we do somethin''?"
10087	Naow, haow many of yew is willin''ter try it?"
10087	Not a petticoat in five miles; and I tell you, sometimes we get mad looking at one another, do n''t we, boys?"
10087	Ready ter hitch?"
10087	Remorselessly went on the rejuvenated Darby:"Hain''t a- goin''ter git up, heh?
10087	Rising from his place he besought the sisters:"Yew do n''t think Angy''s feelin''s have been hurt-- dew yew, gals?"
10087	Sam''l''s a good pervider; why do n''t yew snap him up ter- day?
10087	Say, boys,"looking from one to the other of the old fellows,"so you''re going scootering, eh?
10087	See my yaller silk handkerchief, tew?
10087	Should she give the old unvarying answer to his tireless formula?
10087	Splendid, eh?
10087	Suppose that there was something in this?
10087	Take it back, did you say?
10087	Thar, hain''t that Cap''n Eph a- scootin''in naow?
10087	The soil grew more and more barren as the years went by; but still the roses had kept fresh and young, so why, argued Angy, should not she?
10087	The three had been sold at auction that day in response to the auctioneer''s inquiry,"What am I bid for the lot?"
10087	Then there came murmurs and exclamations, with Miss Abigail''s voice gasping above the others:"What would the directors say?"
10087	Touching his hand to his fur cap, he informed Samuel and Abe that news was"as scarce as hens''teeth"; then added:"What''s doing?"
10087	Was Samuel to be outdone on his own one- time field of action by an old ladies''darling?
10087	Was he very brave-- or would you say more brave than stubborn and contrary?
10087	Were n''t yew s''prised tew git the telephone?
10087	Wharabouts dew yew cak''late on a- goin''?"
10087	What I want is ter ask yew jest one question: Whar, whar on''arth kin we look fer a decent behavin''ole man ef not in a Old Ladies''Hum?
10087	What could this continual hobnobbing and going off into corners mean, except-- flirtation?
10087	What do you mean by keeping me in bed?"
10087	What had happened to her, the undemonstrative old wife?
10087	What made her so happy, and yet tremble so?
10087	What man would care to read his name between the lines of such a news item as this?
10087	What mattered if the chance guest who had just arrived heard him also?
10087	What mattered if the sisters gathered in the lower hall heard him?
10087	What would Blossy say if she could feel the temperature of the room in which he was supposed to sleep?
10087	What would Blossy say if she knew how his back ached?
10087	What would she say to this unexpected return?
10087	What''d yew come fer?
10087	Whatever would Blossy do to Abe Rose if she could suspect how he had tuckered out her"old man?"
10087	When I come inter the hall, what dew yew think these here sisters o''yourn was a- discussin''?
10087	When had he ever been known to hold wool for Angy''s winding?
10087	When''d yew git here?"
10087	When, asked the sisters of one another, did Abe ever help any one, save Blossy, shell dried beans or pick over prunes?
10087	Why Father and Mother?
10087	Why did she cry, wetting his cheek with her tears, when she was so palpably glad?
10087	Why had she telephoned for him, unless she, too, had missed him as he had missed her?
10087	Why had they brought him here to accept charity of a women''s institution?
10087	Why need they thus intensify his sense of shame at his life''s failure, and, above all, at his failure to provide for Angeline?
10087	Why on''arth did n''t yer let me go to the poorhouse?"
10087	Why, folks have told me that yew ladies-- What yew hittin''my foot fer, Mother?
10087	Why,''I says,''what''s the difference between me an''these here women- folks except that I wear a beard an''smoke a pipe?''"
10087	Will you excuse me now?"
10087	With a sigh from the very cellar of his being, he muttered:"Aye, Mother, why did n''t yew let me go on ter the County House?
10087	Wo n''t we make things hum?"
10087	Wonder if she had missed him more on account of that neglect?
10087	Wonder if she had noticed it?
10087	Wonder whar the gals has gone?"
10087	Would she laugh at him, or be disappointed?
10087	Would she remember to wind the clock on Thursday, and feed the canary, and water the abutilon and begonias reg''lar?
10087	Would she think that he was growing childish if he should call her"Dearest"now?
10087	Yer a- gwine acrost, hain''t yer, Havens?"
10087	Yew''d be in yer grave afore the fust frost; an''who''s a- gwine ter bury yer-- the taown?"
10087	she supplemented, after she had finished telling her pitiably brief story,"thar''s trouble ernough ter go''round, hain''t thar?"
10087	whereupon Abe, scenting self- sacrifice on his wife''s part, sat up straight and snapped,"Haow so, haow so, Mother?"