Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-06-19
lawful"

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believe it is within my own recolleo-
tion that this word has come to DO used in
the sense Of great or Every great. -
Certainly Thanks awfully!" is quite
modern and not very elegant.
But in Lord Mahons History Of En-
gland, = volume Z, page $50, he quotes
letter from Rodney to his wife, written
with reference to the famous naval victory
in the West Indies, ih'which, speaking Of
the way in which the French fleet was en-
dcavoring to delay the contest while he de-
sired to bring it on, he says, They kept
at an awful distance. 3 And Lord Mahon's
comment on this u.s. Some foreigner IN
versed in our common and colloquiali
phrases might here exclainl that it was
the Frenchman's distance only that could
strike his gallant heart with awe" But J.
doubt whether the word lawful" was ever
! then used in the colloquial sense alluded
to. ~ .ssea4G&s "a: %.ES r. -:
It is more probable that Rodney meant
lawful" in the old and literal, sense, but
in the reverse application to that here sug-
gested for the foreigner. In other words,
he meant that it was awe Of the English
feet which led the French to desire at that
time TO put off the engagement. And prob
ably this would be the first idea to occur
/ to the supposed foreigner, as awful
would more naturally signify feeling than
inspiring awe. / remember many years
ago lady telling with much amusement
a story of boy Il forget from what part
of the country who, on being asked
whether he was frightened at something,
replied, eyes, 1na'anh be very fright
tuL Notes and Queries. /. h
IT WASN'T HER JIM i
He Fad Threatened to Kill Himself, and
%t;y q, She Was Curious. ' a,a
The keeper of the ,norgue in an eastern
city says that the establishment was visited
one morning by a small, nimble tongued
woman, who said in the most matter Of
fact way: r. s.&s q n , 7 s,g
~ came to SEQ about man who was
killed while trying to steal a ride on a
train yesterday. / read in the papers that
I he was fetched here. Iwouldnt be q bit
s'prised If he was my husband"
80 Is your husband missing?''
9 Yes; he went off ten days ago, saying
I'd never see i'm alive ag in, but as he's
said it bout 40 times an bobbed up clipper
as ever after a day or two ! paid no ten
ton to it. But just felt kind O. curious
/ to see If this man was JIM. KS
The unfortunate victim Of the railroad
accident was shown to her, and she said,
with serene glibness:
mo; that amt Jim. It looks some
like i'm too Isn't there another man
here who got Killed by an electric yester-
.day?" i.@. ~ AZ
II Yes; there Is. *
S'pose look at i'm. Be kind o. queer
IL he should turn out to DO jim"
But he didn't turn out to be Jim, !"
and she said: v
S VI read boat strange man being blown
up by dynamite in a stone quarry three or
four miles out last Monday, and the de-
scription Of what was left of i'm read a
good deal like Jim, but it was washday,
an had comp'ny in the afternoon, and SO
4 didn't git out to see If twas lin or not
/ s'pose I'd just been wastin carfare if I'd
went. Got any body else hore today?
No., Al "a
4 t'Well, there should be a light com
plexionea, stoutish man weighin bout
165, with a hook nose an three front teeth
missing ana blue an red star tattooed on
tho back OF ono han,s an a spread eagle on
his arm you Gun know it's jim, and wish
you d let me know. | III leave my address.
3Goodby! Be sure and let me know If jim
is fetched in here. Lovely day overhead,
isn't it? But it's kind o. nasty under foot.
Goodby !''-New York World. s