Two girls on a barge (1891) (14781491411)

Identifier: twogirlsonbarge00cote (find matches)
Title: Two girls on a barge
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Cotes, V. Cecil
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library



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urmured,putting in the tassel of her cap abstractedly, isvery nearly painted out. Whereupon the Cadet consulted Mrs. Bargee atthe tiller with some determination, for there arethings one must not trifle with even on a barge,and Fact is one of them. From our alfresco draw-ing-room the Cadet only had to crane his neck andspeak a little louder to get Mrs. Bargees smilingsun-bonnet to an answering focus from her postbeside the tiller. We consulted Mrs. Bargee on every possibleoccasion. She couldnt tell us much of the villageswe passed, and neither she nor the Bargee knewanything of those that stood even a stones throwinland, but she gave us a great deal of extraneousinformation. She didnt skamble, ever; whenher days work was done she got the Bargeessupper and taught Albert his lettering. She nevertroubled about the places that they passed, cept toget her bit of marketing, and that was always thesame road. Once she went a journey, it was whenthey took the boat to Oxford. Its what us calls a
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56 TWO GIRLS ON A BARGE river there, you understand. But she neverwanted to go that way no more, there was verydangrous places in what us calls a river,and she was skeered to death for fear Ecclcsshould fall in—King Eccles us calls him-melittle soon, you know. Dookie, what are you about ?Ah! ye naughty boy, why cant ye let it be ?The day the message came from Mr. Corbett thatthey was to be ready to let us have the boat, firstMr. Fox, he sent for the Bargee, and they couldntthink what they could have done. They thoughttwas something dreadful was the matter, that theydid. But they never seen such a turn-out not inthis canal afore as we is now. Shed a little gurl—talk about a pretty little gurl!—and she was atschool down along the Wall Docks, but when sheheard about this job she did wish as she couldcome. . . . No, she didnt know much about theplaces on the bank, but she daresay Dad wouldknow. And a shrill scream of, Dad, they wantsto know! was a signal that always broughtthe Barge