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Pym's letters were all addressed from the Dubb of Prosen Farm, near Thrums, N.B., to different advertisers, care of a London agency, and were Tommy's answers to the "wants" in a London newspaper which had found its way to the far North. "X Y Z" was in need of a chemist's assistant, and from his earliest years, said one of the letters, chemistry had been the study of studies for T. Sandys.
'It certainly is different from a tin pan, thought he as he went back to his chair at the head of the table. 'Nothing more than an optical illusion, said Gyp, filling Yellow-cap's pipe from his own tobacco-pouch, and handing it to him courteously. 'There is no harm in it none at all. 'Especially as it makes you our Head, observed Ruba. 'I move we suspend the rules, said Dubb.
I'll change mine to Dubb! So you see, Professor, I ain't got any time to waste. Where can I find Mr. Steele?" I gave him directions for locatin' J. Bayard, and off he pikes, swingin' the green bag jaunty in one big paw. He'd been here ten minutes, and he'd told me the story of his life. Now see what Steele gets out of him.
'You don't know him? spoke the voice of Ruba. 'He knows you, said Dubb. 'He is an old friend of yours, remarked Dubsix. 'And a very dear one, added Menin. 'And a very false one, observed Atub. 'What does it all mean? inquired Yellow-cap. 'If you will give yourself the trouble to lay your left finger beside your nose it might inform you, said Gyp courteously.
But she put her hand on his mouth, saying, "I'm fonder o' you than ever, Tommy, and I'll like the Dubb o' Prosen fine, and what does it matter where we are when we're thegither?" which was poor comfort for him, but still he could not tell her the truth, and so in the end Aaron had to tell her. It struck her down, and the doctor had to be called in during the night to stop her hysterics.
'We come! said all the Brethren together, They rose up, put their play-books in their pockets, and joining hands so as to form a circle, with Gyp and Yellow-cap in the middle of it, they rapidly repeated five times over the following mystic chant, Gyp beating time for them with the forefinger of his right hand on the five fingers of his left: Ruba Dubb Dubsix Menin Atub Chorus Gyp!
'It is the court-dress of conspirators, added Dubb. 'We are clothed in the unwritten pages of history, continued Dubsix. 'We shall be red hereafter, said Menin, archly. 'Because we rose against the tyrant, concluded Atub, with a sigh. 'They are apt to be rather stupid at this hour in the morning, remarked Gyp, turning to Yellow-cap, 'but they will get warmed to it presently.
'By the mystic syllables repeated, said the First Lord of the Seesaw. Hereupon a curious ceremony took place. Beginning with the Lord Privy Gander, and so on in regular order to the First Lord of the Seesaw, each brother in rapid succession spoke his own nickname, with the following result. 'Ruba! said the Lord Privy Gander. 'Dubb! said the Chancellor of the Jingle.
"I'm sure he's going to say something," thought Kate. The voice of his heart was speaking louder and quicker than his halting tongue. She saw that a blow was coming, and looked about for the means to ward it off. "The fairy's dubb!" she cried suddenly, and darted from his side to the water's edge.
'There is only one inconvenience about it, observed Ruba. 'We must always speak in order, added Dubb. 'On pain of spoiling our metre, put in Dubsix. 'And our rhyme, continued Menin. 'Except Gyp, added Atub, 'who can talk when he likes, and that is his chief advantage. 'It is an advantage in more ways than one, Gyp remarked.
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