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public , for your own sake , for you know drink makes you ill . " "I'll go where I like , in spite of you , father , master , and all the rest of you . " " I ' m sorry , Bill , 3 ^ 011 have no master now ; your 'dentures is cancelled . " And his father proceeded to
narrate the events of the evening , winding up by alluding to Mary Grey . During the time his father was speaking , William listened attentively , and when the former arrived at the end of his story , the latter was tolerably sobered . " WellfatherI must say that neihbour Grey has been
, , g very kind , though I 've tried him sorely at times . And I will try to do better for Mary ' s sake , though I feel down hearted like ; for she told me this night she would not let me court her if I went to the public and kept bad company . "
" Well , Bill , give up the public , and the bad company , I 'm sure it would be much better for you , setting aside your love for Mary . " " All that ' s easier said than done ;_ but I do think I'll try , for my present ways don ' t make me feel happy like . " " Oh , Bill , how happy your words make us ; bless you ;
only keep to them , and you may be so happy with Mary for your wife , and we may look forward in our old age to seeing you comfortably settled , and your children climbing on our knees . " Tears of pleasure filled the mother's eyes as this happy perspective floated o ' er her mind ; her husband looked happyand the expression of the son ' s face
, had totally changed ; when a low whistle was heard outside , but close to the cottage . Bill started up ; then a tap was given at the window , and he opened the door and spoke in a very low tone for a moment or two with the new comer ; he then re-entered the dwelling , saying , —¦
" I am going out , and you need not wait up for me , as I don't know when I shall he in . " " Oh , Bill , don ' t go ; remember the last business , how nigh it was going hard with you then , and I 'm quite sure if you ' re caught again they will send you to jail . You know what the magistrates said ; if it had not been for
father ' s good name , they would have imprisoned you then , as poaching was going on worse than ever , and they were determined to put it down . " " Don ' t bother me , mother : I did as I liked when I was
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Sketches Of Character.
public , for your own sake , for you know drink makes you ill . " "I'll go where I like , in spite of you , father , master , and all the rest of you . " " I ' m sorry , Bill , 3 ^ 011 have no master now ; your 'dentures is cancelled . " And his father proceeded to
narrate the events of the evening , winding up by alluding to Mary Grey . During the time his father was speaking , William listened attentively , and when the former arrived at the end of his story , the latter was tolerably sobered . " WellfatherI must say that neihbour Grey has been
, , g very kind , though I 've tried him sorely at times . And I will try to do better for Mary ' s sake , though I feel down hearted like ; for she told me this night she would not let me court her if I went to the public and kept bad company . "
" Well , Bill , give up the public , and the bad company , I 'm sure it would be much better for you , setting aside your love for Mary . " " All that ' s easier said than done ;_ but I do think I'll try , for my present ways don ' t make me feel happy like . " " Oh , Bill , how happy your words make us ; bless you ;
only keep to them , and you may be so happy with Mary for your wife , and we may look forward in our old age to seeing you comfortably settled , and your children climbing on our knees . " Tears of pleasure filled the mother's eyes as this happy perspective floated o ' er her mind ; her husband looked happyand the expression of the son ' s face
, had totally changed ; when a low whistle was heard outside , but close to the cottage . Bill started up ; then a tap was given at the window , and he opened the door and spoke in a very low tone for a moment or two with the new comer ; he then re-entered the dwelling , saying , —¦
" I am going out , and you need not wait up for me , as I don't know when I shall he in . " " Oh , Bill , don ' t go ; remember the last business , how nigh it was going hard with you then , and I 'm quite sure if you ' re caught again they will send you to jail . You know what the magistrates said ; if it had not been for
father ' s good name , they would have imprisoned you then , as poaching was going on worse than ever , and they were determined to put it down . " " Don ' t bother me , mother : I did as I liked when I was