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In the middle of it the door was burst open, an' in rushed half a dozen bobbies, who put a stop to it at once. "`We're only havin' a friendly bout wi' the gloves, says I, smilin' quite sweet. "`I don't see no gloves, says the man as held me. "`That's true, says I, lookin' at my hands. `They must have dropped off an' rolled up the chimbly. "`Hallo!
Oh, I wish they would come down our chimbly." "Oh, they would n't come down your chimney. That would n't do at all." "Why would n't they, Mr. Hicks?" "'Cause," answered Jonas, still pretending to be taciturn and mysterious. "Oh, Mister Hicks. Please don't talk that way. Tell me why." "Because," explained Mr. Hicks, "bees would know better than that.
I knowed better 'n he did dat time. Dat night I had a division, an' de dream say, 'Put on yer purple mournin'-dress an' set wid yer feet in a barrel ob b'ilin' water till de smoke comes down de chimbly. An' so I done, a-settin' up dere on dat chist o' drawers all night, wid my purple mournin'-dress on an' my feet in de b'ilin' water, an' de lizards run away so fur dat dey ain't even stopped yit."
The brows of the seekers grew black. "If ye have sent him away secretly with the soldier men, 'ware yourself, MacJannet," said Godfrey, "we will roast you in your own black keep. We will gar your accursed Castle of the Press flame like a chimbly on fire, as sure as we came out of Rerrick!" "He is here I tell you there is one of them, at any rate!"
'Cause some poor old Sooner-die-than-work warms his bones by a bit of fire that wouldn't scare a chimbly swaller out of its nest! Don't you s'pose if there'd been any fire there to speak of, I'd 'a' seen it? What am I here for?
I don't know as I ever enjoyed one half so much afore. It had a rael first chop flavour had that cigar. "'When that was done, sais I, 'What do you say to another? 'Well, I don't know, sais I, 'I should like it, that's a fact; but holdin' of my head crooked up chimbly that way, has a' most broke my neck; I've got the cramp in it like.
Both my eyes was fill'd at the same time, and I got a crack on the pate from some critter or another that clawed and scratched my head like any thing, and then seemed to empty a bushel of sut on me, and I looked like a chimbly sweep, and felt like old Scratch himself.
Arrived at the Lamb, the chambermaid, with conscious dignity, led us up a large staircase, which seemed interminable. As she mounted the region above the third story, she paused to take breath and inform us, apologetically, that the house was full, but that if the "gent" stayed over Friday, he would be moved into No. 54, "with a look-out and a chimbly."
In many cases the chimney is no more than a semi-circular pile of rough rocks and rises no higher than a man's shoulder, hence the common saying, "You can set by the fire and spit out through the chimbly." When the wind blows "contrary" one's lungs choke and his eyes stream from the smoke. In some of these places you will find a "pet pig" harbored in the house.
"En eat yo' supper. I ain' done projeckin' 'bout dis freedom business. How we uns gwine ter be free 'less Marse Scoville stay yere en kep us free?" "Zany guv me my supper en " "Dar now, I ain' no mo' 'count. Zany gobble you aready. I des stick ter my chimbly corner." "Howdy, Aunt Jinkey," cried Scoville, coming in briskly. "Well, you see I'm back again as I promised."
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