...what a fine humour there is in the description of Zekle's awkward pause before his ойег : — " Ho stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't hu' told ye nuther." Still, it ¡я no doubt true that there are veins of thought and feeling...

...gals act so or so, Or don't, 'ould be presumin'; Mebbe to mean yes an' say no Comes nateral to women. He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, " I'd better call agin " ; Says she, "Think likely, Mister";...

...To see my Ma ? She 's sprinklin' clo'es Agin to-morrow's i'nin'." He stood a spell on one foot fast, Then stood a spell on tother. An' on which one he felt the wust He could n't ha' told ye, nuther. Sez he, " I 'd better call agin ; " Sez she, " Think likely, Mister ; " The last word pricked him like...