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“Anyhow, Mar, that fust punkin pie Par got was a howlin’ success.”,“Ain’t she her own aunt?” hazarded Mr. Wopp, abstractedly thrusting his hammer into his boot top and scratching his bald head with a pair of pincers.,As I sat in the train on my way to town early the next morning I thought a good deal about poor Mr. Carter. After this I shall always appreciate and admire him for the way he made money, and his kindness in leaving it to me, since, for the first time in my life, I fully realised what it could buy. And I bought things!,Bob gasped. He was sure that the match’s usefulness was over, but feverishly, throwing caution to the winds, he rasped the head against the planking of the door.,"Isabella!" said Mrs. Dallas, in an aggrieved tone. "Is this true?",In those days the people had built a great piskun with high, strong walls. No buffalo could jump over it; not even if a great crowd of them ran against it, could they push it down.,"Now let's get while the gettin's good," whispered Billy; and the three crept off into the shadows.,"Is but a vain and doubtful good,,"An' Teacher Stanhope, he deeded the swamp to me," said Billy dazedly. He got up from the log and squared his shoulders. "Well," he spoke, "that was mighty good of him, but I ain't wantin' that swamp.","What you want'a do, Croaker?" he asked, stroking the bird's neck feathers smooth.,"In the house of Major Jen. In a little room, on the wall, with swords and axes.",“Land’s sakes! Layin’ here naked, boy?”.