"Ralph," he said, "is that yo' a-stannin' there i' the rain?

We'll mak' the best o' it; an' they canna do much harm till ye wi' Uncle Billy a-stannin' by.

Wen de wah broke out, de school stop', en de ole school'ouse be'n stannin' empty ever sence,dat is, 'cep'n' fer de ha'nts.

'You're allus the samea mean-spirited feller, stannin in your children's way! '

'I'm not stannin in any one's way, I tell yer.

Them coins, Isaac'he pointed a slow finger at Bessie, whose white, fierce face moved involuntarily'them 'arf-crowns wor paid across the bar lasst night, or the night afore, at Dawson's, by yor wife, as is now stannin there, an she'll deny it if she can!' For an instant the whole group preserved their positionsthe breath suspended on their lips.

An' I beliebs in stannin' by dem dat stans by you.

"Now you jes' go right into dinnah; I'll take keer of the auto'bile; I'll see that nun of those ign'rant folk stannin' roun' lay their han's on it; they think Sambo doan know an auto'bile; didn't I see you heah befoh?

Miss More, in great desperation, called out to one of her friends"Bell, 'oman, turn back an gie me your bit fuppie, for the breet's stannin' i' the peel wi' ma.

'The breet's stannin' i' the peel wi ma.'