Eli Perkins (at Large): His Sayings and Doings

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J. B. Ford, 1875 - American literature - 248 pages

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Page 80 - Lee : For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee, And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 181 - he is so mean that he keeps a five-cent piece with a string tied to it to give to beggars ; and when their backs are turned he jerks it out of their pockets! "Why, this man is so confounded mean,
Page 174 - Henry Clews, the well-known bald-headed banker, who always prides himself on being a self-made man, during a recent talk with Mr. Travers had occasion to remark that he was the architect of his own destiny — that he was a self-made man. " Ww-what d-did you s-ay, Mr. Clews ? " asked Mr. Travers. " I say with pride, Mr. Travers, that I am a self-made man — that I made myself — " "Hold, H-henry,
Page 181 - "Yes, the other day I dined with him, and I noticed the poor little servant girl whistled all the way upstairs with the dessert ; and when I asked the mean old scamp what made her whistle so happily, he said : ' I keep her whistling so she can't eat the raisins out of the cake.
Page 92 - And is zees your grand maison, too ?" asked Montaland, as she pointed up to the iron palace. " No, Miss Montaland; to be frank with you, that building does not belong to me," said Fisk, as he settled back with his hand in his bosom—
Page 96 - Last Joke. The day before Fisk was shot he came into the office, and after looking over some interest account, he shouted, " Gould! Gould!" "Well, what?" says Gould, stroking his jetty whiskers. " I want to know how you go to work to figure this interest so that it amounts to more than the principal?
Page 93 - Ulysses, the stable window is pretty high for a boy, but do you think you could take this shovel and clean out the stable ? ' " 'I don't know, father,' says I ; ' I never have done it.' . " 'Well, my boy, if you will do it this morning, I'll give you this bright silver dollar,' said my father, patting me on my head, while he held the silver dollar before my eyes.
Page 127 - high" most of the time, . . . had been sued several times for damage done by his rum on citizens of the town. One man came out drunk and smashed in a big glass window. He was too poor to pay for it, and the owner came against Church. A boy about sixteen got drunk and let a horse run away, breaking his arm. His father made Church pay the damage. A mechanic got drunk and was killed on the railroad track, and his wife sued Church for $2,000 and got it.
Page 89 - Peter was about ten years old, and small at that. Frequently large men would come into the Erie office and " bore " the Colonel. Then he would say : "Here, Peter, take this man into custody, and hold him under arrest until we send for him !

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