The object of their adjuration sat down upon a rush-bottomed chair and rubbed his chin.
"Lord!" he exclaimed, with fervor.

Mrs.Armstrong looked at him in amazement.
"Why, Mr.Winslow!" she exclaimed, and burst out laughing.
Jed groaned.

"I know how Jonah felt after the whale unloaded him," he drawled.

"That woman all but had me swallered.

If you hadn't been here she would." "Jed!" shouted a voice outside.