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A letter he expected from the Mahsudi tribe had not reached him. It was the very letter he had hoped to show to Samson in proof of Mahsudi villainy and his own friendship; but he rather feared it had fallen into secret service hands, in which case he might have a hard time to clear himself. Then there was the murder of Mukhum Dass.
De Lawd's na-ame be pra-aise'!" Her father, mother, and brother were all looking at it with her, now, and she glanced from one to another with long heavings of rapture. "Miss Maud," said Silas, in a subdued voice, "dat little trick mus' 'a' cos' you a mint o' money." "Silas," put in Hester, "you know dass not a pullite question!"
Madame Beausoleil catches her breath, shows relief in every feature, lifts her eyes with sudden brightness, and exclaims: "Dass good! Dass mighty good, yass! 'Tis so." "Yes, it is; and I tell you, and you only, because I'm proud to believe you're my sincere friend. Am I right?" Zoséphine busies herself with her riding-skirt, shifts her seat a little, and with studied carelessness assents.
He wrote down things about the floor, the fireplace, the broken footstool, the old table, the walls which last he touched with his hand again and again, seeming much pleased when he found that a number of old nails had been driven in various places. "You can hang things on them," he said. Ram Dass smiled mysteriously.
An awesome quiet followed. Then some one spoke to him, too low to be heard. He bent forward to hear the words repeated, and 'Mian said for the timorous speaker: "Aw, dass nut'n; he jis only say, 'Is M'sieu' Walleece big-in to gryne?"
June 12. brite and fair. Beany has a auful sore arm. he dont dass to rassle or fite or do ennything. June 13. brite and fair. Pewt has got one two. tomorrow nite the doctor is coming.
Gunga Dass took an eminently business-like view of my situation, and while we were dining I can afford to laugh at the recollection now, but it was painful enough at the time propounded the terms on which he would consent to "do" for me.
"Well I will take the hazard. Bring them in. But I will not feed them. And if you fail to come for them before dawn I will turn them out and it shall be all over Sialpore that the Princess Yasmini " "One moment, Mukhum Dass! If one word of this escapes your lips for a month to come, you shall go to jail for receiving stolen money in payment of a debt!
The sheriff didn' hev nothin tew say wen we wuz thar, but ez soon ez we'd gone hum, he up an took three o' the parson's frens as lived to Northampton an chucked em inter jail fer tew hold ez sorter hostiges. He callated he'd hev a ring in the parson's nose that ere way, so's he wouldn' dass dew nothin.
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