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Rena had thanked him, and had spoken of going to the drugstore during the afternoon. It was her intention to leave Patesville on the following day. "Ef dat man sees her in dis town," said Frank to himself, "dere'll be trouble. She don't know HE'S here, an' I'll bet he don't know SHE'S here." Then Frank was assailed by a very strong temptation.
"Spare me!" cried the ex-oysterseller, leering at Schmucke. "Bons," the good German said when he returned "Montame Zipod is an anchel; 'tis an anchel dat brattles, but an anchel all der same." "Do you think so? I have grown suspicious in the past month," said the invalid, shaking his head. "After all I have been through, one comes to believe in nothing but God and my friend "
"Oh, I understand you, all right," said Jack, "but I thought you meant some one was gettin in the machine shop." "No, dere ain't been no one dere, but I was skeered dat somebody was after mah chickens, but I guess it were only a rat. I'll go back an stay on guard now." "No, you'd better go to bed," decided Jack. "Mark and I will finish out the night."
Theriere walked ahead with the boy's arm in his grasp. Byrne followed closely behind. They reached their destination in the rear of Oda Yorimoto's "palace" without interruption or detection. Here they reconnoitered through the thick foliage. "Dere's a little winder in de back of de house," said Byrne. "Dat must be where dem guys cooped up de little broiler."
I took it in one hand and swam with the other. But the tide was strong, and I didn't make any headway. Indeed, I floated further away from the boat. Directly, I heard a splash, and in a moment afterward, it seemed, the two darkey divers were swimming up to me. "Drop dat," said one of them, "an' we'll take ye in." "No, I wont," I spluttered, still striking out with my legs and one arm.
"It was de new saloon, sar; not boozy at all, sar; Captain Boomsby keeps dat saloon. Mighty mean man, Captain Boomsby. As soon as he done read de letter, he put on his coat, and left de saloon." That was all that Washburn cared to know that the letter from Cornwood had gone to Captain Boomsby; and he bestowed a look of triumph upon me. I paid the boatman a quarter, and we walked up to Bay Street.
"Ship ahoy!" "Halloo," replied Mesty. "Bring the boat ashore directly, with a breaker of water." "I knew dat," cried Mesty, rubbing his hands with delight. "Massy Easy, you must tell them No." "But why should I not give them water, Mesty?" "Because, sar, den they take boat." "Very true," replied Easy.
"I kin 'magine yo' feelin's, Sis' Milly," chimed in the elder sympathetically, "w'en you come home dat night an' foun' yo' chist broke open, an' yo' money gone dat you had wukked an' slaved full f'm mawnin' 'tel night, year in an' year out, an' w'en you foun' dat no-'count nigger gone wid his clo's an' you lef' all alone in de worl' ter scuffle 'long by yo'self."
"What? poison?" broke out the lawyer, catching at the old woman's meaning so suddenly that he could not quite control his voice. "Hush-h-h! you fool!" hissed the old woman, rising at once, hobbling to the door and opening it suddenly then closing it and returning to her chair. "You call yourself a lawyer, honey, and do such things as dat 'are?
'If that was my charm, I have it still, replied Francisco, taking the Bible out of his vest; for, strange to say, Francisco himself had a kind of superstition relative to that Bible, and had put it into his bosom previous to the attack made by the pirates. 'Dat very good, Massa Francisco; den you quite safe. Here come Johnson he very bad man. I go away.
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