She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove_lids just as well.

His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh. pears to know just how long he can torment me before I get my dander up, and he knows if he can make out to put me off for a minute or make me laugh, it's all down again

Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says.

It's mighty hard to make him work Saturdays, when all the boys is having holiday, but he hates work more than he hates anything else, and I've got to do some of my duty by him, or I'll be the ruination of the child.”

But I bet you

Not because his troubles were one whit less heavy and bitter to him than a man's are to a man, but because a new and powerful interest bore them down and drove them out of his mind for the time—just as men's misfortunes are forgotten in the excitement of new enterprises.

If one moved, the other moved—but only sidewise, in a circle; they kept face to face and eye to eye all the time.

If one moved, the other moved—but only sidewise, in a circle; they kept face to face and eye to eye all the time.

Tom said: So they stood, each with a foot placed at an angle as a brace, and both shoving with might and main, and glowering at each other with hate.

The new boy stepped over promptly, and said: The new boy took two broad coppers out of his pocket and held them out with derision.

There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step.

He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit.

He was boat and captain and engine_bells combined, so he had to imagine himself standing on his own hurricane_deck giving the orders and executing them: The headway ran almost out, and he drew up slowly toward the sidewalk.

Tom went on whitewashing—paid no attention to the steamboat.

Tom swept his brush daintily back and forth—stepped back to note the effect—added a touch here and there—criticised the effect again—Ben watching every move and getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed.

Tom swept his brush daintily back and forth—stepped back to note the effect—added a touch here and there—criticised the effect again—Ben watching every move and getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed.

The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them.

The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them.

She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with.

She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and weeds that constituted the garden.

She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and weeds that constituted the garden.

There was a slight noise behind her and she turned just in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his roundabout and arrest his flight. a' thought of that closet.

His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh. pears to know just how long he can torment me before I get my dander up, and he knows if he can make out to put me off for a minute or make me laugh, it's all down again

His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh. pears to know just how long he can torment me before I get my dander up, and he knows if he can make out to put me off for a minute or make me laugh, it's all down again

I ain't doing my duty by that boy, and that's the Lord's truth, goodness knows.

I ain't doing my duty by that boy, and that's the Lord's truth, goodness knows.

I'm a laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know.

He got back home barely in season to help Jim, the small colored boy, saw next_day's wood and split the kindlings before supper—at least he was there in time to tell his adventures to Jim while Jim did three_fourths of the work.

He got back home barely in season to help Jim, the small colored boy, saw next_day's wood and split the kindlings before supper—at least he was there in time to tell his adventures to Jim while Jim did three_fourths of the work.

He got back home barely in season to help Jim, the small colored boy, saw next_day's wood and split the kindlings before supper—at least he was there in time to tell his adventures to Jim while Jim did three_fourths of the work.

The old lady reached out her hand and felt Tom's shirt, and said: And it flattered her to reflect that she had discovered that the shirt was dry without anybody knowing that that was what she had in her mind.

The old lady reached out her hand and felt Tom's shirt, and said: And it flattered her to reflect that she had discovered that the shirt was dry without anybody knowing that that was what she had in her mind.

But in spite of her, Tom knew where the wind lay, now.

I'd made sure you'd played hookey and been a_swimming.

Not because his troubles were one whit less heavy and bitter to him than a man's are to a man, but because a new and powerful interest bore them down and drove them out of his mind for the time—just as men's misfortunes are forgotten in the excitement of new enterprises.

Not because his troubles were one whit less heavy and bitter to him than a man's are to a man, but because a new and powerful interest bore them down and drove them out of his mind for the time—just as men's misfortunes are forgotten in the excitement of new enterprises.

It consisted in a peculiar bird_like turn, a sort of liquid warble, produced by touching the tongue to the roof of the mouth at short intervals in the midst of the music—the reader probably remembers how to do it, if he has ever been a boy.

It consisted in a peculiar bird_like turn, a sort of liquid warble, produced by touching the tongue to the roof of the mouth at short intervals in the midst of the music—the reader probably remembers how to do it, if he has ever been a boy.

Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony and his soul full of gratitude.

If one moved, the other moved—but only sidewise, in a circle; they kept face to face and eye to eye all the time.

any of your business, maybe.” low I'll make it my business.”

Presently they were shoulder to shoulder.

But neither could get an advantage.

Tom drew a line in the dust with his big toe, and said:

The new boy stepped over promptly, and said: The new boy took two broad coppers out of his pocket and held them out with derision.

The new boy stepped over promptly, and said: The new boy took two broad coppers out of his pocket and held them out with derision.

At last the stranger got out a smothered Nuff!” and Tom let him up and said:

At last the stranger got out a smothered Nuff!” and Tom let him up and said:

The new boy went off brushing the dust from his clothes, sobbing, snuffling, and occasionally looking back and shaking his head and threatening what he would do to Tom the To which Tom responded with jeers, and started off in high feather, and as soon as his back was turned the new boy snatched up a stone, threw it and hit him between the shoulders and then turned tail and ran like an antelope.

He then held a position at the gate for some time, daring the enemy to come outside, but the enemy only made faces at him through the window and declined.

At last the enemy's mother appeared, and called Tom a bad, vicious, vulgar child, and ordered him away.

There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step.

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long_handled brush.

Jim came skipping out at the gate with a tin pail, and singing Buffalo Gals.

And he remembered that although the pump was only a hundred and fifty yards off, Jim never got back with a bucket of water under an hour—and even then somebody generally had to go after him.

Jim shook his head and said: long an' ’tend to my own business—she ’lowed she'd ’tend to de whitewashin'.”

Jim shook his head and said: long an' ’tend to my own business—she ’lowed she'd ’tend to de whitewashin'.”

Jim shook his head and said: long an' ’tend to my own business—she ’lowed she'd ’tend to de whitewashin'.”

Deed she would.” em over the head with her thimble—and who cares for that, I'd like to know.

Deed she would.” em over the head with her thimble—and who cares for that, I'd like to know.

Jim was only human—this attraction was too much for him.

He put down his pail, took the white alley, and bent over the toe with absorbing interest while the bandage was being unwound.

He put down his pail, took the white alley, and bent over the toe with absorbing interest while the bandage was being unwound.

He put down his pail, took the white alley, and bent over the toe with absorbing interest while the bandage was being unwound.

In another moment he was flying down the street with his pail and a tingling rear, Tom was whitewashing with vigor, and Aunt Polly was retiring from the field with a slipper in her hand and triumph in her eye.

In another moment he was flying down the street with his pail and a tingling rear, Tom was whitewashing with vigor, and Aunt Polly was retiring from the field with a slipper in her hand and triumph in her eye.

In another moment he was flying down the street with his pail and a tingling rear, Tom was whitewashing with vigor, and Aunt Polly was retiring from the field with a slipper in her hand and triumph in her eye.

He began to think of the fun he had planned for this day, and his sorrows multiplied.

Soon the free boys would come tripping along on all sorts of delicious expeditions, and they would make a world of fun of him for having to work—the very thought of it burnt him like fire.

Soon the free boys would come tripping along on all sorts of delicious expeditions, and they would make a world of fun of him for having to work—the very thought of it burnt him like fire.

So he returned his straitened means to his pocket, and gave up the idea of trying to buy the boys.

Ben Rogers hove in sight presently—the very boy, of all boys, whose ridicule he had been dreading.

As he drew near, he slackened speed, took the middle of the street, leaned far over to starboard and rounded to ponderously and with laborious pomp and circumstance—for he was personating the Big Missouri, and considered himself to be drawing nine feet of water.

As he drew near, he slackened speed, took the middle of the street, leaned far over to starboard and rounded to ponderously and with laborious pomp and circumstance—for he was personating the Big Missouri, and considered himself to be drawing nine feet of water.

He was boat and captain and engine_bells combined, so he had to imagine himself standing on his own hurricane_deck giving the orders and executing them: The headway ran almost out, and he drew up slowly toward the sidewalk.

He was boat and captain and engine_bells combined, so he had to imagine himself standing on his own hurricane_deck giving the orders and executing them: The headway ran almost out, and he drew up slowly toward the sidewalk.

Tom swept his brush daintily back and forth—stepped back to note the effect—added a touch here and there—criticised the effect again—Ben watching every move and getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed.

Tom swept his brush daintily back and forth—stepped back to note the effect—added a touch here and there—criticised the effect again—Ben watching every move and getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed.

She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and weeds that constituted the garden.

So she lifted up her voice at an angle calculated for distance and shouted:

small colored

dark mysterious

new powerful

strong deep unalloyed

close-buttoned blue

bad vicious vulgar

insignificant whitewashed

mighty gay

dark hopeless

great magnificent

long melodious

describing stately

very: 6 times

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