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"Ham and eggs," said the fat babu promptly. "Nothing else?" I asked. "Yes," said the babu; "mixed biscuits." "Oh," I said, surprised. "Certainlee," said the babu. Then I went outside to read a book and watch for Boggley. My book was one of those American novels where every woman is to judge from the illustrations of more than earthly beauty.

"Do what?" rejoined the other heavily. An angry light leapt into Dupont's eyes. "You not unnerstan' my letters- bah! You know it all right, so queeck." The other remained silent, staring into the fire with wide, searching eyes. Dupont put a hand on him. "You ketch my idee queeck. We mus' have more money from that Henderley certainlee. It is ten years, and he t'ink it is all right.

"Boun' to ged ah! yez ee muz do 'is possible to ged 'is rend. Oh! certainlee. Ee is ridge, bud ee need a lill money, bad, bad. Fo' w'at?" The excited speaker rose to her feet under a sudden inspiration. "Tenez, Mademoiselle!" She began to make great show of unfastening her dress. "Mais, comment?" demanded the suffering daughter.

There's been a dale o' noise there's been a dale o' noise in the wurruld, father," said he. "Oh, so quiet, so quiet now! I do be shlaping." A smile came upon his face. "Oh, the foine of it! I do be shlaping- shlaping." And he fell into a noiseless Sleep. "The Manor House at Beaugard, monsieur? Ah, certainlee, I mind it very well. It was the first in Quebec, and there are many tales.

An' see, thar's another head behind it, an' behind that another, an' likely thar's more." "Eet ees certainlee the warriors trying to reach us on the water," said Adolphe Drouillard, and, raising his rifle, he took aim at the first swimming head. "Hold a little," said Adam Colfax, pushing down the barrel of the weapon.

All de children and all de wives dey cry and cry, and dey feel so bad. Certainlee, it is a pity. But de English soldier he say he will march dem off to Quebec, and everybody know dat is de end of de patriots.

You can strike me dead if thad baril sugah din fedge the more high cost than any other in the city. Parce-que, the man what buy that baril sugah he make a mistake of one hundred pound" falling back "Mais certainlee!" "And you think that was growin' out of the holy-water?" asked the parson. "Mais, what could make it else?

"Naw, he ain't," voiced another. "He's got two fruit-cans full of dust. I saw 'em.... He's just lay down like a poisoned coyote." "Shore I'm glad Cleve's got the luck, fer mebbe he'll give my gold back," spoke up another gamester, with a laugh. "Wal, he certainlee is the chilvalus card sharp," rejoined the last player. "Jim, was you allus as lucky in love as in cards?"

"Do what?" rejoined the other heavily. An angry light leapt into Dupont's eyes. "You not unnerstan' my letters-bah! You know it all right, so queeck." The other remained silent, staring into the fire with wide, searching eyes. Dupont put a hand on him. "You ketch my idee queeck. We mus' have more money from that Henderley certainlee. It is ten years, and he t'ink it is all right.

"Why, Jools, my dear friend, you know," said the shamefaced parson, "I never visit on Sundays." "Never w'at?" asked the astounded Creole. "No," said Jones, smiling awkwardly. "Never visite?" "Exceptin' sometimes amongst church-members." said Parson Jones. "Mais," said the seductive St.-Ange, "Miguel and Joe is church-member' certainlee! They love to talk about rilligion.