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"Drusy," said he, coloring to the roots of his stiff, reddish hair, "I don't s'pose it's of no use ter ask ye ter go ter the dance 'long o 'me, seein' as you've refused Reube, that is so much likelier lookin '' n 'appearin' than I be; but I've footed it twelve mild out er the woods ter ask fur yer company, 'n' neow I hain't goin 'back without hearin' yeour say abeout it, et least. I--"
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"Drusy," said John, "I hadn't no notion o 'spyin' on yeou, but I was a-standin 'where I couldn't help overhearin' what yeou said.
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"Oh, he can't be so very bad: he can't be dying," said Drusy, seating herself on the deacon-seat at the foot of the sick man's bed and peering anxiously into his pinched and pallid face, which was illuminated by the rays of the great fire.
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"Drusy, did you care fur thet man thet's sick out ter the camp -- your -- husban '?" said Barker, breaking the silence in a hesitating tone.
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Barker arrived at the festive scene just in time to assist Mrs. Jones and Drusy from their sleigh.
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"Come along, then, but quit chinnin 'about Drusy."
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When Drusy appeared upon the scene he was dancing the first dance with
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Don't go back on him, Drusy, fur no man that you ever liked could stan 'that, -- never in the world.
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"What's the matter, Drusy?" said Wetherbee, in a tone of gentle solicitude.
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Drusy crept on to the edge of the bunk and softly wiped away the heavy moisture from the dying man's brow.
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