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Strange as it seemed, the musicians were pale and heavy-eyed; they looked bored and prosaic, as if the summit of their desire was cold meat and beer, succeeded immediately by bed. Rachel was one of those who had begged them to continue. When they refused she began turning over the sheets of dance music which lay upon the piano.
"Oh, wopse it up anyway," he said, "and tangle some jade beads in it. She'll stand that." His orders were carried out and Beer clasped her hands in silent ecstasy at the result of the combined efforts of herself and her master. "Some day, Warble," Bill said, "I'll teach you how to dress becomingly."
I stepped into the West Ende Halle the other night, having first surrendered twelve kreuzers to the money-changer at the entrance, double the usual fee, by the way. It was large and well lighted, with a gallery all round it and an orchestral platform at one end. The floor and gallery were filled with people of the most respectable class, who sat about little round tables, and drank beer.
'I desire to share the same lot and fortune as has befallen my companions-in-arms, I answered. 'Nay, that is but a sullen way to take your deliverance, cried the smaller officer. 'The situation is as flat as sutler's beer. Otway would have made a bettor thing of it. Can you not rise to the occasion? Where is she? 'She! Who? I asked. 'She. The she. The woman.
They were hardly more than boys and full of boyish spirits and activity. They began to see "college life." Vandover was already smoking; pretty soon he began to drink. He affected beer, whisky he loathed, and such wine as was not too expensive was either too sweet or too sour.
The beer is right there where he can take it. You should lock it up. You don't know what kind of a man he is. He may be no good." Jennie would protest that the house was fairly comfortable, that the man was a nice, quiet, respectable-looking American that if he did drink a little beer it would not matter. Gerhardt would immediately become incensed.
"Why, Jack, if you had your rights to-morrow, would they put your money back into your pocket after you had spent it? would your rights give your children shoes and stockings when you had chosen to waste on beer what would have bought them? Would your rights make you or your wife, thriftier, or your hearthstone cleaner? Would rights wash your children's faces, and mend the holes in your clothes?
"But if you are not going to fight the English," said Von Edelstein, "God in heaven, who are you going to fight?" "Young man," said McMunn, "you're drinking beer in my ship, a thing which is clean contrary to my principles, though I'm putting up with it; but you're going beyond the beyonds when you sit here and take the name of the Almighty in vain. I'll trouble you not to swear."
It will also save the consumption of fuel, and preserve the copper much longer than any other method, as there will be no difficulty in boiling half a copper full at a time without doing it any injury. The next article of consideration in this case is the Mash-tub. This should be proportioned to the size of the copper, and the quantity of beer intended to be brewed.
"Ah, it may seem strange to you, no doubt, but it's familiar enough to me," replied Ned, with a grin. The demand for beer was so great at this time that Ned could not continue the conversation. "Here, boy," he said to an urchin who stood near, "you draw corks as fast as you can and pour out the beer, and I'll give you a copper or two and a swig into the bargain."
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