Let's see what stuff 's in ye,' says I.
So they're doin' well.

Wrote fur me to come out in the fall.

But I'd rather scratch on, and gather up a little for Sophy here, before I stop work." He patted Sophy's tanned little hand on the table, as if beating some soft tune.

Holmes folded up the bills.

Even this man could spare time out of his hard, stingy life to love, and be loved, and to be generous! But then he had no higher aim, knew nothing better.
"Well," said Pike, rising, "in case you take th' mill, Mr.Holmes, I hope we'll be agreeable.