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"Well, I'se gwine wid him. Ef he go wid de Union, I goes. Ef he go wid ole Virginy, I go wid ole Virginy. Whichever way he go, dat's de right way " "Dat's so, too!" Ben responded fervently. Sam advanced to the old butler with the quick step of the days when he was his efficient helper. "What ye want me ter do?" Ben led him to the portico and pointed down the white graveled way to Washington.
"Now, boys, heave away," said Joe Davidson, setting the example. "It seems unwillin' to come, don't it," growled Gunter. "Dat's 'cause him full ob fishes," said Zulu; "heave away, boys altogidder!" He strained with all his might. So did the rest of the crew. Round went the capstan, and in a few minutes the great forty-eight feet beam appeared.
"What does he say?" asked Nigel. "Dat Massa Verkimier is in full chase, an' it's my opinion dat when he comes back he'll be wet all ober, and hab his shins and elbows barked." "Why d'you think so?" "'Cause dat's de way he goed on when we was huntin' wid him last year. He nebber larns fro' 'sperience."
"Dat's wat dey sez; an' I 'lowed I'd lay me in er few caze I've allers hyearn dat dem folks wat totes a buckeye in dey lef' britches pocket, an' den ernudder in de righthan' coat pocket, dat dey ain't gwine die no drunkards." "But if they would stop drinkin' whiskey they wouldn't die drunkards anyhow, would they, Uncle Bob?"
He detected a look of incredulous unbelief in Mortimer's face, evidently, for he added, "You t'ink I ain't got no dough, eh?" He dug down into the folds of his somewhat voluminous "pants" and drew forth a fair-sized roll. "See? That wad goes to Larcen straight. I see him do a gallop good enough for my stuf; but dey got a stable-boy on him, an' dat's why he'll be ten to one.
Look at dis old McEachern. Money to boin a wet dog wit', he's got, and never a bit of woik for it from de start to de finish. An' look at me, Mr. Chames." "I do, Spike, I do." "Look at me. Getting busy all de year round, woiking to beat de band all " "In prisons oft," said Jimmy. "Dat's right. And chased all roun' de town. And den what? Why, to de bad at de end of it all.
"I mean de rest of de money which'll be comin' to me ez my share," explained Red Hoss patiently. "De white man dat's goin' to he'p me wid dis yere job, he 'sists p'intedly dat he must have his share paid down cash in advance 'count of him not bein' able to come back yere an' collek it fur hisse'f, an' likewise 'count of him not keerin' to have no truck wid de gen'elman at de other end of de line.
"Dat's yer cue, Meighan," called Larry the Bat calmly. "Come out an' take a look at him!" A ghastly pallor spreading over his face, staring like a demented man, as Meighan, rising from behind the lounging chair, advanced toward the table, Virat huddled back in his seat. "Know him?" inquired Larry the Bat. The detective bent sharply forward. "My god!" he exclaimed. "It's no, it can't "
I got some peppermint fo' mah mule, Boomerang, dat's what I got." "Oh! It's you, is it, Rad?" asked the youth in easier tones. "Dat's who it am, Did yo' t'ink it were some un else?" "I did," replied Tom. "Andy Foger has been sneaking around. Keep your eyes open the rest of the night, Rad." "I will, Massa Tom." The youth went into the house, having left word with the engineer, Mr.
I fights twenty-doo pattles for de Union, nots for de monish, but because I likes de free government; but it is imbossible to feeds all de beebles what lands at Pleasant Run." I assured this patriotic tailor and adopted citizen that I would pay him well for the trouble of boarding me, but he answered in a surly way: "Dat's vat dey all says.
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