Don't you think so, Shadrach ?" Captain Shad's reply was emphatic and to the point.
"Looks as if 'twas breakin' out with chicken-pox," he replied.

"Ain't we got a clean one in the locker, Isaiah ?" Mr.Chase's face assumed an aggrieved expression.
"Course we have," he answered, "but I didn't know you was goin' to have company." "Neither did we.

But we could stand a clean table-cloth, even at that." "I've got somethin' to do besides changin' tablecloths every day." "Every day! Every Thanksgivin' Day, you mean.

This one--" "Now, look-a-here, Cap'n Shad; you know well as I do that Sarah J.
never come to do the washin' last week.

She was down with the grip and couldn't move.