Twa

"'Twa'n't b'fore your pa was made a drunkard, Ross Shelby."

The Henchman Mark Lee Luther

"'Twa'n't hardly fair of you, Phil, giving me all that trouble for nothing," he was saying as he drew near, looking a little sheepish because of his recent wild sprint.

Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat St. George Rathborne

"'Twa'n't that at all, Matty Eggleston; prove it by Ty here if either of us was afraid to go inside your old haunted mill, was we, Ty?" he exclaimed, with a fine show of righteous indignation.

Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot Alan Douglas

"'Twa'n't right" -- and that settled it as far as he was concerned.

Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers John A. Hill

"'Twa'n't about me, an' 'twa'n't sneak listenin'," bridled Jimmy.

Pollyanna 1912

'Twa'n't a question of savin' life -- we could have took to the boats and, nine chances out of ten, got ashore all right, for 'twa'n't very fur.

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

'Twa'n't savin' life neither; 'twas jest a matter of bus'ness.

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

'Twa'n't seven o'clock, 'twas nearer nine when the fire started, and the tide wa'n't goin' out, 'twas comin 'in.

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

"'Twa'n't exactly the kind of honeymoon trip I'd planned, Stashia," commented the Captain, as he and Lank steadied the bride's dripping bulk down the step-ladder, "and we did do some sailin ', spite of ourselves; but we had a horse in front an' wheels under us all the way, just as I promised."

Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle Sewell Ford 1907

'Twa'n't till years afterwards that the crowd came to realize that he was great, too.

Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907