I laughed bekaise I liked to laugh; an' I hope one may do that 'ithout being brought over the coals about it.

Go to bed, an' give me another glass o' whiskey, Ted--it always makes me sleep." Ted had been for some minutes evidently ruminating.
"He is a good boy," said he; "but at any rate our hands is in the lion's mouth, an' its not our policy to vex him." Hycy, on his way home, felt himself in better spirits than he had.
been in for some time.

The arrangement with young Clinton gave him considerable satisfaction, and he now resolved to lose as little time as possible in executing his own part of the contract.

Clinton himself, who was a thoughtless young fellow, fond of pleasure, and with no great relish for business, was guided almost in everything by his knowing old uncle the gauger, on whom he and his sister depended, and who looked upon him as unfit for any kind of employment unless the management of a cheap farm, such as would necessarily draw his attention from habits of idleness and expense to those of application and industry.

Being aware, from common report, that M'Mahon's extensive and improvable holding in Ahadarra was out of lease, he immediately set his heart upon it, but knew not exactly in what manner to accomplish his designs, in securing it if he could, without exposing himself to suspicion and a good deal of obloquy besides.