Caukins

Colonel Caukins sprang to place a high three-legged stool for the little registree, and was about to lift her on, but the child, laughing aloud, managed to seat herself without his assistance, and forthwith gave her undivided attention to the entering of her name.

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

"Quimber, Tave, Elmer Wiggins, Emlie, Poggi and Caukins" -- he laughed outright; "that's a good firm, Colonel," he said slyly, and the Colonel smiled his appreciation of the gentle insinuation -- "the manager at the sheds, and the new boss of the Upper Quarry?"

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

Caukins was not to be sneezed at as a prospective husband -- a steady-going, solid sort of a chap who, he was told, had a chance now like himself in the quarry business.

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

I don't know but he will make you a proposition, when he knows you are at home, to enter into partnership with him and young Caukins -- the Colonel's fourth eldest.

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

With loud and hearty acclaim they welcomed the new member of the Caukins family; they crowded about the Colonel, and no hand that grasped his and

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

The company rose to a man, young Caukins assisting Quimber to his feet.

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

"Maggie told me she'd never leave off teasing Jim to bring her back," said the fifth eldest Caukins.

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

I dare not think -- it would unsettle my reason; but she has friends; she has you, the Colonel, Tave, Elvira, Caukins; they will not see her want, and there's the house; it's in her name. "

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

Caukins -- Roman's home made; but t'other is a foreigner; they're different. "

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

Caukins, our neighbor's son, and Octavius Buzzby, my aunt's _chargé d'affaires_, are at the present time her abject slaves, "said Champney, rising from the table at a signal from his mother.

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller