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For you must be told early concerning Old Baumgartner's longing for certain lands, tenements and hereditaments  using his own phrase  which were not his own, but which adjoined his. FOR YOU MUST BE TOLD EARLY CONSIDERING OLD BAUM GARDENER'S LONGING FOR CERTAIN LANDS TENEMENTS AND HEREDITIMENTS USING HIS OWN PHRASE WHICH WERE NOT HIS OWN BUT WHICH ADJOINED HIS
y element of safety in being last--a "fastnacht" in their language, in fact. Those in front were the ones usually hurt in railroad accidents, Alexander Althoff remembered. "Safe?" cried the speaker. "Of course! But for why--say, for why?" Old Baumgartner challenged defiantly. No one answered and he let several impressive minutes intervene. "You don't know! Hang you, none of yous knows! Well--because he ain't there when anysing occurs--always a little late!" They agreed with him by a series of sage nods. "But, fellers, the worst is about courting. It's no way to be always late. Everybody else gits there first, and it's nossing for the fastnacht but weeping and wailing and gnashing of the teeth. And mebby the other feller gits considerable happiness--and a good farm." There was complaint in the old man's voice, and they knew that he meant his own son Seffy. To add to their embarrassment, this same son was now appearing over the Lustich Hill--an opportune moment for a pleasing digression. D THAT THERE WAS A CURIOUS BUT SATISFACTORY ELEMENT OF SAFETY IN BEING LOST A FASHTNOT IN THEIR LANGUAGE IN FACT THOSE IN FRONT WERE THE ONES USUALLY HURT IN RAILROAD ACCIDENTS ALEXANDER OUTCROFT REMEMBERED SAFE CRIED THE SPEAKER OF COURSE AND FOR WHY SAFE FOR WHY OLD BOMB GOTNER CHALLENGED DEFIANTLY NO ONE ANSWERED AND HE LET SEVERAL IMPRESSIVE MINUTES INTERVENE YOU DON'T KNOW HANG YOU NONE OF YOU KNOWS WELL WELL BECAUSE HE AIN'T THERE WHEN ANY SING OCCURS ALWAYS A LITTLE LATE THEY AGREED WITH HIM BY A SERIES OF SAGE NODS BUT FELLERS THE WORST IS ABOUT THE COURTING IT'S NO WAY TO ALWAYS BE LATE EVERYBODY ELSE GETS THERE FIRST AND IT'S NOSING FOR THE THATCHED NIGHT BUT WEEPING WAILING AND THE GNASHING OF TEETH AUNT MEBBE T OTHER FELLOW GETS CONSIDERABLE HAPPINESS AN A GOOD FARM THERE WAS COMPLAINT IN THE OLD MAN'S VOICE AND THEY KNEW THAT HE MET HIS OWN SON SEFFIE TO ADD TO THEIR EMBARRASSMENT THIS SAME SON WAS NOW APPEARING OVER LUTCHUTEEL AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT FOR A PLEASING DIGRESSION
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