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She had liveried servants and magnificent horses suitable, I should think, for the niece of the Emperor of Russia. January 19th, 1876. At the church of St. John we met Baronne d'I , the ambassadress's cousin, who came up to Mamma and talked with her a long time, apologising for not having yet called, on account of her husband's illness. Mamma went to her house last Sunday, three days ago.
"Good night," laughed Tom. In the morning, after grub line-up, they lost no time in going to the pump. Here, at least, was something to occupy Tom's mind and afford Archer fresh material for banter. "D'I tell you how I was kiddin' the niggerr we had in the life boat when it was leakin'?" "No," said Tom, ready for anything. "Told him to bore anotherr hole so the waterr could get out again.
Did I tell you 'bout " "Here we are, let's take a look at the engine," said Tom. It was one of those one-cylinder kickers, about two horse power, and had an independent disposition. "Know what I think would be the best thing for it?" said the chief engineer. "Dynamite. D'I tell you 'bout the sharrk eatin' a bomb?" "Is there any gas in the tank?" said Tom. "Sure is, but I dunno what kind it is.
"S'funny all right an' that's fuf-funnier," he added as Luke and his chair scraped backward to avoid the drip. "D'I wet yuh all up, Lul-luke? Mum-my min-mis-take. I'm makin' lul-lots of mistakes to-day." Luke Tweezy twisted his leathery features into his best smile. "It don't matter," he told Racey. "Not a-tall. I uh who was it told you I knowed this Jack Harpe?"
The deafening roll of the thunder awoke Washington White from a short nap, and the darkey was not at all sure that he was safe from the lightning bolts. "How d'I know dem bolts won't fly disher way?" he demanded of the boys when they tried to reassure him.
"What's this wild-eyed sale of summer caps you think you're trying to pull off?" he clamored at Harry Haydock. "Did you steal 'em, or are you just overcharging us, as usual? . . . Oh say, speaking about caps, d'I ever tell you the good one I've got on Will?
But they were thankful afterward all right, all right those greasy Spaniards. D'I tell you 'bout the way I " "I don't mind their kiddin'," Tom interrupted; "I had a lot of that on the ship. And I know they'll be glad when the pump's running. I was thinkin' about something else. Come on, let's go out and hike." He always called those little restricted walks about the enclosure, hiking.
The last was Les Dieux dechus, poeme en 20 chants, par Mme. la D d'I. Guard yourself well from this Muse! If she takes a fancy to you she will never leave you alone. If you see her often, she will fancy you are in love with her, and tell her husband. She always tells my uncle afterwards after she has quarrelled with you and grown tired of you!
"I love you, Finkelstern, ol' man," he declared tearfully. "They say you're a dead beat, but wha' d'I care?" "Finkelstern," affecting drunkenness, shed tears on Dippel's shoulder, denied that he was a "beat" and swore that he loved Dippel like a brother. "You're my frien'," he said. "I know you'd trust me to any amount." Dippel took from his trousers pocket a roll of bills several inches thick.
You better keep offo' Kingdom Come," and then he stopped with an expression of quick alarm, looked around him into the bushes and dropped his voice to a whisper: "But I hain't sayin' a word rickollect now not a word!" Chad laughed aloud. "What's the matter with you, Hence?" Hence put one finger on one side of his nose still speaking in a low tone: "Whut'd I say, Chad? D'I say one word?"
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